
What is Open edX?
Open edX is the open source platform that powers edX.org. Through our commitment to the open source vision, Open edX code is freely available to the community. Institutions and companies can host their own instances of Open edX and offer their own classes. Educators can extend the platform to build learning tools that precisely meet their needs. And developers can contribute new features to the Open edX platform.
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89 Likeliness to Recommend
99 Plan to Renew
92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+92 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Open edX?
Pros
- Trustworthy
- Respectful
- Helps Innovate
- Inspires Innovation
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Open edX Reviews
Cathey M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Jun 2022
An amazing application for online courses.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Open edX from other similar products?
edX is a useful gizmo to hone skills. I usually use it to learn programming features, how information structures are enforced in varied programming languages, and the way to wrangle and analyze data. The courses are without cost; however, for a small cost a certificate is available. I actually have learned to write down my own Python scripts and perform data analysis. It鈥檚 a user friendly interface and therefore the courses are from high universities. Overall a good tool if you鈥檙e always attempting to learn new tools.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Its simple use is impressive, from the start you鈥檒l know the complete structure of the course and its learning resources. As a student, the appliance is extremely intuitive, and it records all my progress. The simplest factor is that the app has total synchronization with the online version, therefore I can continue my courses from anywhere, each on my computer, and on my mobile device. The videos and tests load in no time within the mobile version and with such responsive design.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The sole disadvantage is that some activities, like the so-called 鈥渨ord cloud鈥 cannot be executed within a similar app (from an iPhone), however, the remainder of them work without problems.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
A wonderful site, to search out support material with a good tutorial level, to start within the study and data of a subject of interest or novelty, either through courses or specializations in several topics, such as languages, social sciences, and alternative technologies.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Effective Service

Patrick-Tom A.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Jun 2022
A great software for professional courses.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Open edX from other similar products?
The platform features a very good search engine that caters to everyone鈥 requirements. Thousands of institutions provide courses in robotics, languages, culture, history, project management, sensible cities, and massive data, to say a few. It鈥 straightforward to travel there and explore from any location. As a result, taking classes on-line is both pleasurable and advantageous. As a student it鈥檚 a really easy platform and with the navigation menu you usually know how to advance and return the course topics, the simplest has been the subtitles of the videos that permit you to better understand the message.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Thanks to EDX, I鈥檝e learned plenty regarding project management, economics, and sustainable development. The categories demonstrated how some companies try to create the world a much better place by utilizing energy and conserving cash and resources. Furthermore, the project management classes assisted me in organizing my calendar and launching a brand new business. This LMS platform has been very intuitive, it permits uploading very diverse multimedia system resources, from images, videos, podcasts and a few scorm files to generate very engaging courses.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The one factor we needed from OpenEdX that it couldn鈥檛 offer was integration with the discourse discussion platform. Most of the accessible courses aren鈥檛 free. The price of a certificate is excessive. To promote communication, personal chat sessions with the mentor should even be available. As an administrator it is a touch difficult to configure it on a virtual server, however, when understanding the quality parameters and everything else it is very simple to continue configuring.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you need an open supply platform but with nice technical support, you鈥檒l use this option since it鈥檚 a basic application equivalent to LMS and STUDIO, but this can be complemented by specialized modules to cover all the mandatory ones in the creation of multimedia system courses and updated.
Pros
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Unique Features
- Effective Service

Amjed A.
- Role: Public Sector
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Mar 2022
Edx Review
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Open edX from other similar products?
Edx has a unique collection of courses from which to choose, all taught by the best instructors.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
What I like best is being able to learn on my own time rather than being constrained by a schedule.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The video quality can be inconsistent at times. Moreover, some courses are only available in the forion language.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
This is something I would recommend to anyone who wants to learn new skills in order to advance in their career or change their entire specialization.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
- Unique Features