Standalone Platforms to Sell Online Courses
These are platforms geared toward individual subject matter entrepreneurs or small businesses that want a turnkey way to create their own branded site to sell online courses. Unlike Udemy, which is discussed below in a different category, they allow you full control over your user data.
Marketplace Online Course Platforms
In addition to providing ways to author/assemble courses, these platforms also provide an existing marketplace in which to sell online courses.
The Udemy platform gives a straightforward way to assemble content like PowerPoint slides, PDF documents, and YouTube videos into a coherent course experience. You can publish in the Udemy marketplace. Udemy is free for instructors (the company makes it’s money by keeping 50% if it sells your course. If you make the sale, you keep 97% (Udemy takes a 3% transaction fee).
Skillshare provides instructors with tools to create courses composed of video lessons and a “class project.” Classes are normally 10-25 minutes long, broken down into short videos, and they are all pre-recorded and self-paced. Once you have enrolled more than 25 learners in a class, you become eligible for participation in Skillshare’s Partner Program and can earn money through the royalty pool managed by the company – usually $1-2 per enrollment, according to the company.
Free Online Courses
Most Popular LMS
Delivery Types
- OpenCourseware
- Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs)
- Online Accredited Courses
- Online Courses
- DIY Degrees
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