WBUR

Cambridge-Based Online Learning Platform edX To Be Acquired By 2U

The online learning platform known as 2U announced Tuesday that it will be acquiring edX, a nonprofit platform run by Harvard and MIT, for $800 million. Officials with edX say the group sought the ...
Inside Higher Ed

2U Completes Purchase of edX

Months after Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology stunned the education-technology world by announcing they would sell the nonprofit online platform they created to a ...
EdSurge

2U Buys edX for $800M, In Surprise End to Nonprofit MOOC Provider Started by MIT and Harvard

When MIT and Harvard University started edX nearly a decade ago, it was touted as a nonprofit alternative to for-profit online course providers. Today, the universities announced that they are selling ...
Inside Higher Ed

2U and edX Merger Benefits Both

2U and edX, major players in slightly different corners of the online learning market, announced Tuesday that they would join forces. The merger of 2U, a publicly traded online program management ...
The Business Journals

edX acquired: Harvard, MIT to sell online learning platform for $800M

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. MIT and Harvard University have announced a major ...
The Harvard Crimson

An EdTech Company Bought edX from Harvard and MIT for $800 Million. Its Stock Price Has Plummeted Since.

When Harvard and MIT last year sold edX, the online course provider they jointly launched in 2012, the University’s top administrators said the change of hands would ensure the sustainability of the ...