Online Learning Marketplaces
Udemy.com: Udemy.com focuses on more business-oriented skills and technology. Their top categories are development, business, IT & software, office productivity, personal development, design, marketing, lifestyle, photography, health & fitness, teacher training, music, academics, language, and test prep. They have over 10 million students and 40,000 courses. There are 20,000 instructors and the average instructor earns $8,000/year.
Skillshare.com: Skillshare.com specializes in courses for creatives. The top categories for classes on Skillshare.com include business, culinary, design, DIY, film, music, photography, technology, and writing. They have over 1 million students and almost 3,000 courses. Students pay a membership fee or tuition and 50% is paid out to teachers. There are 1,000 instructors and the average instructor earns $3,500/year.
Accredited Online Courses
Coursera.com: Coursera provides universal access to the world’s best education, partnering with top universities and organizations to offer courses. They have 17,642,153 learners, 1,798 courses, and 138 partners. Some of there most popular courses include Learning How To Learn from UC San Diego, Machine Learning from Stanford University, and Programming for Everybody from University of Michigan.
Platforms for Teaching Online Courses
Thinkific.com: Thinkific.com is an all-in-one platform to create, market & sell your online courses. Unlike Udemy and Skillshare, you are primarily responsible for marketing your course independently.
Kajabi.com: All the marketing, sales, and delivery features you need are finally in one place. You’ll never be overwhelmed by having to juggle multiple systems again. Everything works together so that you can scale your business to the next level.
WordPress Plugins
WordPress Themes
WordPress LMS Themes: You can find WordPress themes with Learning Management Systems (LMS) here on Themeforest.
