I've been out of college for about two years, Lynda.com has changed my outlook on my career. Taking the foundational courses in marketing has helped me launch my career.
Mark Odinson
Founder
Our story
From experiment to global movement
While the internet was enabling innovation at scale across a vast array of industries, higher education was reaching only a tiny fraction of the world’s curious minds. One afternoon in an MIT lab Professor Anant Agarwal and his colleagues from MIT and Harvard sketched out a long shot experiment: a platform that would offer their courses online, open to any person up to the challenge, for free. In February of 2012 Professor Agarwal’s MIT Circuits and Electronics course was launched, and edX.org was born.
Our Vision
As a global nonprofit, we're relentlessly pursuing our vision of a world where every learner can access education to unlock their potential, without the barriers of cost or location.
Our Mission
There are three commitments we've made to the world. We've been grounded by these since day one:
- Increase access to high-quality education for everyone, everywhere
- Enhance teaching and learning on campus and online
- Advance teaching and learning through research