Online Learning Update

September 4, 2012

2 Reasons Why edX Will Release its Platform as Open Source

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:04 am

By Tanya Roscorla, Converge

In the near future, edX plans to make its platform open-source. This platform will allow instructors to offer courses to anyone either on the edX version of it or on their own modified version. The platform is designed to include features such as discussion forums, instructor-created videos and assessments, among other things. EdX has two major reasons for releasing the platform as open-source. “Once it’s open source, everybody around the world will be comfortable contributing to it,” said Anant Agarwal, president of edX. “We don’t believe for the moment that the edX team can do everything necessary to build a platform that is just absolutely right for learning. But there are a lot of people around the world who have technology they can bring to bear.”

http://www.convergemag.com/classtech/2-Reasons-Why-edX-Will-Release-its-Platform-as-Open-Source.html

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