Use Cases

Enable engaging content, improve learning outcomes.

Online programs

Join the many institutions moving beyond traditional learning systems. Build complete online degree programs that educate thousands of students every year.

Adaptive learning

Create personalized learning experiences with tools that adapt to the needs of your learners in real time. Use the rich capabilities offered by the Open edX platform and our technology partners to design and deliver recommendation systems, course content, and assessment variability.

Self-paced courses

Allow learners to engage at their own pace with support from course teams and the learning community.

Instructor-led courses

Simulate a classroom setting by releasing content weekly and engaging learners through discussions and feedback.

Certification

Easily verify learning outcomes and generate secure certificates issued after identity verification.

Assessments

Create assessments using templates with features such as hinting, problem banks, automatic question generation, AI-based open-ended assessments, and code testers.

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The 2026 Open edX Conference will present innovative use cases for one of the world’s best open source online learning management systems, the Open edX platform, and discover the latest advancements in instructional design, course constellation, and methods for operating & extending the Open edX platform, including breakthrough technologies, such as generative AI.