Open edX Reviews 2026: Pros & Cons, Ratings & more
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Open edX
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Sep 8, 2026
Thank you for your feedback. Since your review, the Ulmo and Verawood (June 2026) releases have significantly improved usability — redesigned course home, better navigation, and a modernized Studio interface. We'd encourage you to explore the latest version. Verified partners at https://openedx.org/partners/ can help with setup and onboarding.
An amazing tool for MOOCs and SPOOCs that is robust, customizable, and scalable.
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95%
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What do you like best?
Streamlined authoring and learning interface, robust and easily scalable (cloud-based) software, created by Harvard and MIT and backed by edx.org (huge learning destination). My prime choice for self-paced, video and text-based courses. Also, the license is open source, which matches by personal preferences and makes the software customizable (although this requires intervention from a third-party vendor).
What do you dislike?
It does not have the same feature set as "traditional" LMS such as instructor-learner interaction (aside from course forums), very little use of the course schedule, no easily editable gradebook.
Open edX
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Sep 8, 2026
Thank you for this detailed review. Several gaps you mentioned have been addressed - Ulmo introduced activity notifications and improved instructor engagement, and Verawood (June 2026) brings a modern React-based instructor dashboard. Verified partners at https://openedx.org/partners/ can provide a demo of what's new.
It proved to be a solid platform for our MOOC, allowing us to reach an excellent customisation
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88%
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What do you like best?
the ease of management and the excellent level of customisation that has been achieved, as well as the intuitiveness that has resulted in a smooth user experience for students.
What do you dislike?
the wiki section is particularly uninvolving, perhaps due to the changing times, and in general it would be desirable to increase the types of interactive activities, e.g. assignments.
Open edX
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Sep 8, 2026
Thank you for sharing your experience. Interactive activity types have expanded considerably - recent releases support enhanced content libraries, improved open response assessments, and a growing XBlock ecosystem. Verified partners at https://openedx.org/partners/ can walk you through the latest capabilities.
Open edX handles the fast development in ed industry with the most important features.
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90%
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What do you like best?
The professional service in setting up the new version. Abstract Technology understands our needs. A.T. guides us very well through a mix of requirements combined with hot fixes and long term solutions. They professionally calm down the situation and clear it! These are examples of features we and our customers like: the microsites, auto enrollments.
What do you dislike?
I miss a standard solution for bulk registration in the open edX community. Currently it's a bit cumbesome to register 100 people or more.
Open edX
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Sep 8, 2026
Thank you, Christian. The bulk registration challenge you mentioned now has several community solutions and provider-built tools addressing it. The platform continues evolving with biannual releases - Verawood (June 2026) is the latest. Verified partners are listed at https://openedx.org/partners/.
One of the most interesting LMS, but don't just jump on the bandwagon
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79%
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What do you like best?
As a "user" it is very simple to use, it allows you to focus on the learning process and not on the use of the tool.
What do you dislike?
As an "administrator" it is very difficult to master, especially if you need to change it to suite your need
Open edX
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Sep 8, 2026
Thank you for the honest perspective. Recent releases invested heavily in administration — a new admin console, modernized instructor dashboard, and improved role-based permissions in Ulmo and Verawood. The admin experience has improved meaningfully. Verified partners at https://openedx.org/partners/ can provide a guided demo.
A MOOC with enormous features to use, as well with various option to extend and customize
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83%
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What do you like best?
From a DevOps/SRE perspective: There is a large community around the product. For example: there is a always a very high chance that someone already asked about a your problem in forum.
What do you dislike?
From a DevOps/SRE perspective: It might be a bit overwhelming to get to work as you need, since there are many features and each needs some configuration to set it up.
Open edX
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Sep 8, 2026
Thank you for your feedback. Open edX Aspects - the new analytics solution powered by Apache Superset and ClickHouse - now provides near real-time dashboards for learner progress and data export. Video integration has also improved. Verified partners at https://openedx.org/partners/ can demo the updated tools.
it is a Flexible, Scalable and Innovative platform.
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79%
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What do you like best?
that you can integrate remote learning tools, such as applications and textbooks, into your course with the learning tools interoperability (LTI) component.
What do you dislike?
It requires a team effort of educational technology integration professionals and Instructional designers to take the most of the platform. But the good thing is there are many good providers such as Edunext.co =)
It is a cost-effective software with an excellent reputation worldwide.
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87%
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What do you like best?
It is a simple tool that allows you to do many things, it is easy to get technical support for its use and has very competitive prices in the e-learning market.
What do you dislike?
It can be a bit cumbersome at first. That is why it is important to have someone who knows the tool and can guide you in its use.
Open edX
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Sep 8, 2026
Thank you for highlighting Open edX's value. The platform now serves over 140 million learners in 196 countries. You can explore real-world success stories and use cases at https://openedx.org/case-studies/ to see how others are using it.
An easy to use platform in particular for authors: flexible, modern and understandable
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70%
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What do you like best?
The community behind the platform. I like the opportunity to share ideas and experiences with other people
What do you dislike?
The fact is that sometimes it's difficult to find information about the platform. The documentation is extensive and before searching for a quick response you need to know where you have to find it.
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