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Performance Overview
Overall Rating 84%
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A customisable, scalable MOOC platform that has educated millions of users

Nov 2, 2018

Overall Rating 87%
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What do you like best? Perhaps the only robust and scalable open source platform that allows you to make your Open edX platform completely your own with full customization and branding support. You can have excellent support from its vibrant community. Its mobile app has facilitated millions of users to gain access to online learning.
What do you dislike? My experience has been quite satisfactory with Open edX usability and support.
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Nudrrat K.

Industry : Information Technology and Services | Company size : 201-500 | Level : Senior | Focus : Business Development | Experience using the software : More than 1 year as Administrator

Open edX is a great option for anyone looking for a platform to host online courses.

Oct 31, 2018

Overall Rating 77%
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What do you like best? Since Open edX is an open source project, you are able to use it for free and you also benefit from the community effort around it. The Open edX community is comprised of people from all kinds of background willing to help anyone deploy, run and create content for Open edX. It's also very easy to create courses since Open edX provides multiple elements for content (text, HTML, videos, questions etc), and the user experience is clean and easy to navigate.
What do you dislike? The deployment can be a bit cumbersome since it's a fairly large project. Luckily you are able to get help from the community or reach out to vendors.
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Luiz A.

Industry : Information Technology and Services | Company size : 10,000+ | Level : Senior | Focus : Engineering | Experience using the software : More than 1 year as User, Administrator, Member of the deployment/customization team

Open edX is the next wave of new general smart LMS and holds a lot of potential for MOOC delivery.

Oct 30, 2018

Overall Rating 89%
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What do you like best? Studio: Easy to use and intuitive interface with inbuilt preview Student View: Green ticks on lesson/topic completion - makes a very strong visual stimulation and motivation!
What do you dislike? Student View had a tree structured menu earlier, which has now been removed. The earlier tree structure was easy to navigate and also a strong advanced organizer. I strongly feel it should be brought back.
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Sharjeel A. — Instructional Design Specialist

Industry : Elearning | Company size : 51-200 | Level : Manager | Focus : Program and Project Management | Experience using the software : More than 1 year as User, Administrator, Member of the deployment/customization team, Member of the procurement team

A very robust learning platform that takes care of all our elearning needs

Oct 26, 2018

Overall Rating 80%
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What do you like best? Openedx has a wonderful community behind it - we have always got help from them if we ever get stuck. The product has evolved over the years and with a fantastic mobile app available - it has made learning and reaching the users far easier
What do you dislike? complex to install if you do not have a tech team. it should be made easier to install for non tech companies
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Million L.

Industry : Elearning | Company size : 11-50 | Level : Manager | Focus : Business Development | Experience using the software : More than 1 year as Administrator, Member of the deployment/customization team

It's a great learning management system. User friendly for both users and content creators.

Oct 24, 2018

Overall Rating 98%
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What do you like best? Easy to create (or consume) content, with lots of features that allow the creation of interactive elements like quizzes.
What do you dislike? This field is supposed to be optional, yet your system is requiring some text for some reason. Nothing wrong with Open edX. We love it.
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Antonio C.

Industry : Computer Software | Company size : 10,000+ | Level : Senior | Focus : Education | Experience using the software : More than 1 year as User, Administrator

EdX has great flexibility, especially in the area of assessment.

Oct 22, 2018

Overall Rating 82%
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What do you like best? EdX's assessment types are very flexible and robust. In addition to a number of standard built-in problem types (MC, check-all, numerical, etc.) it also provides ways to build your own custom problem types and custom graders. It's also very easy to incorporate custom interactives, with javascript and css allowed on almost every page.
What do you dislike? The tools for learner interaction (i.e. the forums) are fairly weak. They need more modern features, and especially more support for team-based moderation.
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Industry : Education - Higher | Company size : 1,001-5,000 | Level : Senior | Focus : Education | Experience using the software : More than 1 year as User, Member of the deployment/customization team

Probably the best open source LMS and CMS for building modern online courses

Oct 20, 2018

Overall Rating 95%
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What do you like best? Great user experience and ui. Additional component can be created with the help of XBlock. All necessary features are here (timed exam, pre-requisites, completion indicators, forum, peer-assessment, staff-assessment, etc..). Can be use in white label platform.
What do you dislike? Software architecture might be complexe for non-it users, but MOOCit is here for you ;) Server requirements can be high especially if you planned to use and activate every features.
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Industry : Computer Software | Company size : 1-10 | Level : Owner | Focus : Information Technology | Experience using the software : More than 1 year as User, Administrator, Member of the deployment/customization team

It is a very robust and scalable MOOC platform and provides a very rich learning experience

Oct 19, 2018

Overall Rating 98%
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What do you like best? The extensibility of the platform via xblocks and the ease of setting it up and customizing it for our needs.
What do you dislike? Not much to dislike about the platform. There are various plugins available that address features that do not come out of the box.
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Anupam B.

Industry : Computer Software | Company size : 1-10 | Level : Manager | Focus : Engineering | Experience using the software : More than 1 year as User, Administrator

An outstanding scalable and easy to use LMS, created and used by recognized univiersities

Oct 19, 2018

Overall Rating 86%
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What do you like best? It is highly scalable and easy to use. It was developed by recognized universities and supported by a very active community. The interface is simple and straightforward. You can use a very simple setup or grow in services and functions as needed. It is well documented and it's possible to modify the code to adapt to special needs.
What do you dislike? The setup installation of the system (for a service provider, not for an end user) is a bit complex.
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Andrés G.

Industry : Elearning | Company size : 1-10 | Level : Partner | Focus : Business Development | Experience using the software : More than 1 year as Administrator, Member of the deployment/customization team

Open edX is the best open source software for building and hosting online courses, even at scale.

Oct 19, 2018

Overall Rating 89%
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What do you like best? What I like most about Open edX is that it can be used by organisations of any size, small or large. Open edX is easy to integrate into your school, university, company or even government. It gives you so much control over the online learning experience and allows you to create fantastic online learning experiences for your learners or employees. Many of the world's most powerful organisations are using Open edX to offer educational opportunities to the public online, or for internal training.
What do you dislike? It may seem daunting at first because it is a very powerful system, but it only takes a few minutes to start getting the hang of things! It's easy.
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Dean Jay M.

Industry : Elearning | Company size : 1-10 | Level : Owner | Focus : Business Development | Experience using the software : More than 1 year as User, Administrator, Member of the deployment/customization team