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Top 5 MOOC Providers by Number of Registered Users, 2017

Almanac 2017

August 13, 2017

Coursera, founded in 2012 by two computer scientists at Stanford University, has a strong lead in the total number of learners. The only non-English-language platform on the list is XuetangX, which was founded by Tsinghua University in 2013. It is authorized to deliver edX’s massive online open courses, or MOOCs, in mainland China.

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Rank	Provider	Registered users
1.	Coursera (U.S.)	27 million
2.	edX (U.S.)	11 million
3.	XuetangX (China)	7 million
4.	FutureLearn (Britain)	6.3 million
5.	Udacity (U.S.)	6 million

Note: The number of registered users is based on the providers’ reports to Class Central, an independent search engine for online courses and MOOCs, in late June 2017. Each registered user may have taken more than one course. More data on MOOCs are available at https://www.class-central.com/report/mooc-stats-2016.

Source: Class Central