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Udemy.com is a platform or marketplace for online learning. Unlike academic MOOC programs driven by traditional collegiate coursework, Udemy provides a platform for experts of any kind to create courses which can be offered to the public, either at no charge or for a tuition fee.〔Lomas, Natasha. (Online Learning Marketplace Udemy Raises $32M To Scale Up Internationally ). ''TechCrunch''. May 8, 2014〕 Udemy provides tools which enable users to create a course, promote it and earn money from student tuition charges. No Udemy courses are currently credentialed for college credit; its students take courses largely as a means of improving job-related skills.〔 Some courses generate credit toward technical certification. Udemy has made a special effort to attract corporate trainers seeking to create coursework for employees of their company.〔Carr, David F. (Udemy Comes To Corporate Training ) ''Information Week''. April 16, 2013〕 It is reported that Udemy has served over 9 million students, and offers more than 35,000 course alternatives.〔()" February 20, 2014〕 ==History== In 2007 Udemy founder Eren Bali built software for a live virtual classroom while living in Turkey. He saw potential in making the product free for everyone, and moved to Silicon Valley to found a company two years later. The site was launched by Bali, Oktay Caglar and Gagan Biyani in early 2010.〔(Eren Bali biography ). ''Udemy.com''.〕 In February 2010, the founders tried to raise venture capital funding, but the idea failed to impress investors and they were rejected 30 times, according to Gagan Biyani.〔 In response to this, they bootstrapped the development of the product and launched Udemy—which infers "The Academy of You"—in May 2010.〔(How Udemy got oversubscribed ). ''Venture Hacks''. September 10, 2010.〕 Within a few months, 1,000 instructors had created about 2,000 courses, and Udemy had nearly 10,000 registered users. Based on this favorable market reaction, they decided to attempt another round of financing, and raised $1 million in venture funding by August.〔Roushe, Wade. (Udemy Collects $1 Million to Expand Casual Learning Platform ). ''Xconomy''. August 31, 2010.〕〔Toto, Serkan. (Udemy Scores $1M In Seed Funding, Aims To Democratize Online Learning ). ''TechCrunch''. August 31, 2010.〕 This sum was significantly more than they had originally sought when approaching investors just months earlier.〔 In October 2011 the company raised an additional $3 million in Series A funding led by Groupon investors Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell, as well as 500 Startups and MHS Capital. In December 2012 the company raised $12 million in Series B funding led by Insight Venture Partners, as well as Lightbank Capital, MHS Capital and Learn Capital, bringing Udemy’s total funding to $16 million. On April 22, 2014 the Wall Street Journal's Digital edition reported that Dennis Yang, Chief Operating Officer of Udemy was named CEO, replacing Eren Bali.〔Kolodny, Lora. (Udemy Appoints Dennis Yang CEO; Eren Bali Steps Aside to Lead Product ) Venture Dispatch, ''Wall Street Journal Digital.'' April 22, 2014〕 In May 2014 Udemy raised another $32 million in a Series C funding, led by Norwest Venture Partners, as well as Insight Venture Partners and MHS Capital.〔Sailors, John. (Udemy raises $32 million for online learning marketplace ) ''San Francisco Business Times.'' May 8, 2014〕 In June 2015 Udemy raised a $65 million Series D financing round, led by Stripes Group. 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「Udemy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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