Open edX

{{Short description|Educational support software}}

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| name = Open edX

| logo = Open-edx-horiz.png

| logo_size = 200px

| logocaption = Logo of Open edX

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| url = {{URL|https://www.openedx.org/}}

| commercial = No

| type = Online education

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| language = Multilingual (14)

| author = Piotr Mitros, edX, CRL/Axim

| launch_date = {{Start date and age|January 2012}}

| current_status = Active

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The Open edX platform is the open-source software, originally developed by Piotr Mitros,{{cite web|url=https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/commits/master/|title=Open edX Version History}}{{cite web|url=http://mitros.org/p|title=Piotr Mitros, web page}} whose development led to the creation of the edX organization. On June 1, 2013, edX open sourced the platform, naming it Open edX to distinguish it from the organization itself.{{cite web|url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/april/edx-collaborate-platform-030313.html|title=Stanford to collaborate with edX to develop a free, open source online learning platform|work=Stanford University|date=3 April 2013|access-date=2014-06-25|archive-date=2014-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718144942/http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/april/edx-collaborate-platform-030313.html|url-status=live}} The source code can be found on GitHub.{{Cite web |url=https://github.com/edx/ |title=edX |website=GitHub |access-date=2017-02-09 |archive-date=2016-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105004730/https://github.com/edx/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://github.com/edx/edx-platform|title=EdX-platform|work=GitHub|access-date=2017-02-09|archive-date=2017-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429183715/https://github.com/edx/edx-platform|url-status=live}} Maintenance was transferred to edX, an MIT/Harvard education initiative, in 2012.

When edX was acquired in 2021 by 2U,{{cite news |last=Lederman |first=Doug |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/11/17/2u-completes-purchase-edx-creating-free-degree-platform |title=2U Completes Purchase of edX |work=Inside Higher Ed |date=2021-11-17 |access-date=2022-05-25 }} the Open edX team and maintenance were transferred to the Center for Reimagining Learning (tCRIL), a nonprofit founded by Harvard and MIT with the proceeds from the acquisition.{{cite news |last=Rosenberg |first=John S. |last2=Shaw |first2=Jonathan |url=https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2021/09/jhj-edx-sold |title=edX Exit |work=Harvard Magazine |date=2021-09-10 |access-date=2022-05-25 }} In 2023, the nonprofit was renamed the Axim Collaborative.{{cite news |last=Rosenberg |first=John S. |url=https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2023/03/axim-edx-successor-debuts |title=Axim Online Education Venture Debuts |work=Harvard Magazine |date=2023-03-30 |access-date=2023-07-05 }}