edX: Courses by Harvard & MIT

edX LLC

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About this app

edX brings online courses from the world’s best universities and industry-leading companies to your mobile device, making it easy for you to learn something new and build job-relevant skills in today’s fastest growing fields.

Learn anytime, anywhere

With edX’s free app, you have the freedom to learn on your own schedule:
- Stream online classes in data science, blockchain, Python, and more to learn on the go.
- Download online courses to watch anytime.
- Test your knowledge with quizzes and exams as you advance through each course.
- View course announcements and handouts.
- Use the advanced search to find courses in any subject, from programming to philosophy to history and more.

Explore online courses from 30+ subjects, including:
- Computer science – Learn programming in Python, C++, Java, R, and more. Delve into in-demand topics like artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, cloud computing, and cybersecurity.
- Business & Management - Build your knowledge in accounting, marketing, finance, economics, information technology, entrepreneurship, and more.
- Mathematics - Master your skills in calculus, statistics, and algebra with math courses from high school to college level.
- Science & Engineering: Explore biology, chemistry, robotics, manufacturing, and various engineering fields.
- Language: Learn a new language, including Spanish, Mandarin, French, English, and sign language.

Choose from thousands of courses in those popular subjects and more, including art, law, politics, and history.

About edX:
edX is the education movement for restless learners. Together with our founding partners Harvard and MIT, we’ve brought together over 30 million learners, the majority of top-ranked universities in the world, and industry-leading companies onto one online learning platform that supports learners at every stage of their lives. We’re pursuing our vision of a world where every learner can access education to unlock their potential, without the barriers of cost or location.

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Ratings and reviews

The October 11 update made the user experience much worse. Before, there was a list of the available videos from a course module that you could pick from. Now you have to browse left/right until you find the video you are looking for. Also, I can't watch the videos offline anymore, even though I downloaded the videos and the icon changed from a down arrow ("download") to a checkmark ("download completed").

So far, i absolutely love the concept. Gives you access to free material, with the option to purchase the certificates, offers full programs, and full degrees. The only thing I have an issue with is the filters lack a few things, such as course length and course type, so you end up having to scroll and click repeatedly if you're looking for specifics in those categories. And there's also no way to save programs to a personal list, so you can't just quickly access them, you have to find them.

Honestly the app is pretty great for on the go learning, but one issue is a big one. When you've downloaded videos to watch offline and view them full screen there is an "offline" banner that displays at the bottom. This not only covers the playback controls but also part of the video and can't be removed as far as I can tell. This makes it really hard to watch downloaded videos in landscape mode.

What's new

General improvements and bug fixes.