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Open edX

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

8.1 /10

29 Reviews Write a Review

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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Awards & Recognition

Open edX won the following awards in the Learning Experience Platforms category

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2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Strategy and Innovation
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

6 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

7 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2022

Open edX Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
Download the entire Product Scorecard to access more information on Open edX.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+90 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?

0% Negative

10% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Respectful
Helps Innovate
Inspires Innovation

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Recommendation Engine

Blended Learning

Course authoring

LMS Integration

Social Features

Mobile Learning

Collaboration Tools

Reporting

Gamification

User Published Content

API Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Open edX Reviews

Tracy I.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Banking
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2020

Open Source Education!

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Open edX from other similar products?

Open Edx is way more engaging.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

This is a last-generation, full-featured, open-source platform for online learning allowing us the ability to offer our employees access to a breadth of online learning that moves with them.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Verified Certificates are pricey, and it would be great to have live online evaluations.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Have a strong understanding of your end game. If you are not sure what your endgame is in terms of your goals, you won't properly benefit from it.

Pros

Transparent
Enables Productivity
Respectful
Fair

Liz G.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2020

Easy to use, interesting options

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Open edX from other similar products?

Features offered

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of use

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing in particuar

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Check whether the service is right for you, checkk reviews

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2020

This platform is great.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

How We Deliver

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Open edX Ratings

90 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Open edX?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Recommendation Engine Recommends next course or course options based on courses completed, role, interests, or career path using AI and machine learning.

Blended Learning Can accommodate any format of content - video, audio, text, picture.

Course authoring Can create courses in system.

LMS Integration Provides full LMS capabilities by either being SCORM-compliant (integration with an existing on premise LMS) or by providing SaaS-based LMS capabilities.

Social Features Connects users via social media features such as instant messaging, chats, or comments.

Mobile Learning Has mobile app that allows learners to access content and learn via their mobile device.

Collaboration Tools Ability to collaborate with other users on course work.

Reporting Straightforward data storage with ability to create any reports easily. Dashboards for any role with ability to easily build and modify.

Gamification Offers Learning Tracks with Badges/Certificates or other gamification elements to keep learners engaged.

User Published Content Users are able to publish content either self-generated or from other resources.

API Integration Has API so that it can integrate with other apps.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Open edX Reviews

Tracy I.

Open Source Education!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Liz G.

Easy to use, interesting options

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

This platform is great.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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