Top 5 MOOC Providers by Number of Registered Users

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, XuetangX, which was founded by Tsinghua University in 2013, is authorized to deliver edX’s massive open online courses, or MOOCs, in mainland China.

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Rank	Provider	Registered users
1.	Coursera (U.S.)	30.0 million
2.	edX (U.S.)	14.0 million
3.	XuetangX (China)	9.3 million
4.	Udacity (U.S.)	9.0 million
5.	FutureLearn (Britain)	7.1 million

Note: “Technology” includes computer science, programming, and data science. Percentages are rounded, but subjects were ranked before rounding. Course distribution is current as of July 1, 2018. More data on MOOCs are available here. Questions or comments on the Almanac should be sent to the Almanac editor.

Source: Class Central

Top 5 MOOC Providers by Number of Registered Users, 2018

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