Online Education Market

Company Headquarters: US Founded: 1999 Workforce: ~4550 Company Working: K12 is a Technology-based education company offering online curriculum, software systems and educational services designed for schools, institutions and corporate sector to facilitate individualized learning for students in kindergarten to K-12. The company offers online education, curriculum development, virtual school, online education, online school, public school, private school, charter school, blended learning, personalized learning, online learning, Career Technical Education, school choice, and dual credit. The company is made up of thousands of online school educators providing instruction, academic services, and learning solutions to public schools and districts, traditional classrooms, blended school programs, and directly to families. The K12 program is offered through K12 partner public schools in 33 states and the District of Columbia, and through three private schools serving students in all 50 states and more than 100 countries.

Company Headquarters: US Founded: 1982 Workforce: ~17,973 Company Working: Adobe is globally recognized as a software company that is engaged in providing a range of products and services used by professionals, online merchants, application developers, and others. Adobe operates through three segments namely digital media, digital marketing, and print and publishing. The company sells and trades its products and services directly to enterprises through its sales channels and to end users through application stores. The digital marketing segment comprises digital advertising and marketing solutions and services. Adobe Systems Inc. develops and markets computer software and operates in digital media, digital marketing, and print and publishing segments. The company markets Adobe Connect, a virtual classroom solution through its publishing segment. Products and solutions offered by Adobe Systems are used by large-, small- and medium-sized businesses and end consumers for creating, managing, and delivering engaging content & experiences across personal computers, smartphones, tablets, and other devices. The products offered by the company are Photoshop, Creative Cloud, Lightroom, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe XD, Animate, Dreamweaver, Lightroom Classic, and Story Plus among others. The company also provides marketing & analytical solutions such as content management, email marketing, personalization, analytics, advertising, and data management platform. Adobe Systems offers its solutions to media and entertainment, travel and hospitality, retail, telecommunications, high tech, government, and financial sectors. The company markets its products and services via websites, sales force, and field offices, distributor network, value-added resellers (VARs), independent software vendors, system integrators, retailers, software developers, and original equipment manufacturers. Adobe Systems operates in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia-Pacific (APAC).

Company Headquarters: US Founded: 1888 Workforce: ~35,400 Company Working: McGraw-Hill Education Inc. is one of the leading providers of outcome-focused learning solutions that deliver both curated content and digital learning tools and platforms to the students. The company provides customized educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education. It currently has offices across North America, India, China, Europe, the Middle East, and South America, and the solutions provided by them are available in nearly 60 languages. The company specializes in adaptive learning, data and analytics, K-12 assessment, higher education, educational technology, professional learning, learning science, career readiness, software, professional development, teaching materials, instructional design, college, elementary, and education technology or EdTech. The company aims at accelerating the learning process through intuitive, engaging, efficient and effective experiences to the users. It offers various digital platforms such as Access Medicine, Access Engineering, Access Science, ALEKS, Connect, Connect2, Create, LearnSmart, SmartBook, and Elevate English. The company also offers various services such as professional development, custom solutions, McGraw Hill Campus, and the Connect Community. The company has evolved itself from a print-centric producer of textbooks and instructional materials to a leader in the development of digital content and technology-driven adaptive learning solutions that are delivered anytime, anywhere. The company operates in four segments namely, higher education, K-12, international, and professional.

Company Headquarters: London Founded: 1844 Workforce: ~24,322 Company Working: Pearson plc is an international education company having its major operations in education and consumer publishing markets. It delivers its content, in a variety of forms through a number of channels including books and online services. The company provides educational material and learning technologies for teachers and students worldwide. The company offers courseware services, including curriculum materials provided in book form and/or via access to digital content; and assessments, such as test development, processing, and scoring services. They offer various products and services for teaching, institutions, assessments, and qualifications. The company offers personalized course content, digital resources, apps, and textbooks in order to help educators build knowledge and unlock the learners’ potential. For teaching, the company offers Revel, MyLab and Mastering, ELT Courseware, and Bug Club. For institutions, they offer online program management and connections education. Whereas, for assessments and qualifications, the company offers administration of testing programs, educational assessments, and professional assessments. It also provides online learning services in partnership with universities and other academic institutions. The company operates through three segments namely North America, core, and growth segment. The North America segment business serves students and educators in the US and Canada and provides a wide range of products and services including curriculum textbooks, learning materials, and services including provision of online learning services.

Company Headquarters: US Founded: 2010 Workforce: ~700 Company Working: Udemy Inc. (Udemy) is a leading provider of learning platforms. It enables professionals to publish articles, presentations, and videos among others. By using live videos, chat rooms, and whiteboarding, students can interact with the instructors. Udemy has more than 40 million students across the world, providing over 130,000 courses. It has more than 50,000 instructors providing education in more than 60 languages. Anthropology, architecture, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, communications, economics, engineering, entrepreneurship, environmental studies, finance, foreign language, history, international relations, law, literature, and mathematics are some of the subjects provided by Udemy. It also offers employee training and development platform for businesses.

Company Headquarters: US Founded: 2012 Workforce: ~450 Company Working: edX Inc (edX) is a non-profit organization, providing platform for education and learning. It has more than 20 million learners from top-ranked universities and companies across the globe. It helps customers in entering the job market, changing fields, and exploring new interests among others. edX provides courses on topics including computer science, languages, engineering, psychology, writing, electronics, biology, marketing among others. The major partners of edX include Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Microsoft, among others.