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McGraw-Hill Education (MHE) is a learning science company and one of the "big three" educational publishers that provides customized educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education. The company also provides reference and trade publications for the medical, business, and engineering professions. McGraw-Hill Education currently operates in 44 countries, has more than 6,000 employees globally, and offers products and services in 60 languages. Formerly a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, McGraw-Hill Education was divested from McGraw Hill Financial and acquired by Apollo Global Management in March 2013 for $2.5 billion in cash. Based on the growing demand for classroom technology, McGraw-Hill Education is transitioning from a print-based business model to customized content sold through subscriptions. This shift has accelerated in recent years with an increased focus on developing adaptive learning systems that enable classroom teaching to come closer to a one-to-one student-teacher interaction. These systems allow personalized learning by assessing each student's skill level and using data to determine how each can progress through lessons most effectively. McGraw-Hill Education provides digital products and services to over 11 million users. In 2013, the company acquired the ALEKS Corporation and after acquiring 20 percent equity stake in Area9 Aps went on to acquire the company, its development partner on the LearnSmart Advantage suite. MHE also opened a new R&D office in Boston’s innovation district. ==Corporate history== McGraw-Hill Education traces its history back to 1888 when James H. McGraw, co-founder of the company, purchased the ''American Journal of Railway Appliances''. He continued to add further publications, eventually establishing ''The McGraw Publishing Company'' in 1899. His co-founder, John A. Hill, had also produced several technical and trade publications and in 1902 formed his own business, ''The Hill Publishing Company''. In 1909 both men agreed upon an alliance and combined the book departments of their publishing companies into ''The McGraw-Hill Book Company''. John Hill served as President, with James McGraw as Vice-President. 1917 saw the merger of the remaining parts of each business into ''The McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/aboutus/history.shtml )〕 In 1986, McGraw-Hill bought out competitor The Economy Company, then the nation's largest publisher of educational material. The buyout made McGraw-Hill the largest educational publisher in the U.S. In 1979 McGraw-Hill Publishing Company purchased ''Byte'' from its owner/publisher Virginia Williamson who then became a vice-president of McGraw-Hill. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc became ''The McGraw-Hill Companies'' in 1995, as part of a corporate identity rebranding.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/aboutus/history_information.shtml )〕 In 2007, The McGraw-Hill Companies launched an online student study network, GradeGuru.com. This offering gave McGraw-Hill an opportunity to connect directly with its end users, the students. The site closed on April 29, 2012. On November 26, 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies announced it was selling its entire education division to Apollo Global Management for $2.5 billion.〔("McGraw-Hill to Sell Education Unit to Apollo for $2.5 Billion" ), ''New York Times'', November 26, 2012.〕 On March 22, 2013, it announced it had completed the sale and the proceeds were for $2.4 billion in cash. In 2014, McGraw Hill Education India partnered with GreyCampus to promote Online Learning Courses among University Grants Commission- National eligibility Test Aspirants. McGraw Hill Education India is located in Noida area of Delhi/NCR. The company also sells books online at www.mheducation.co.in On June 30, 2015 McGraw-Hill Education announced that Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) had agreed to acquire "key assets" of the CTB/McGraw-Hill assessment business. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「McGraw-Hill Education」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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