ALISON

ALISON is an e-learning provider and academy founded in Galway, Ireland in 2007 by serial entrepreneur, Mike Feerick. Its stated objective is to enable people to gain basic education and workplace skills. Contrary to other MOOC providers with close links to American third level institutions such as MIT and Stanford University, the majority of ALISON's learners are located in the developing world with the fastest growing number of users in India. ALISON registered its 3 millionth learner in February 2014, making the online education provider one of the biggest MOOCs outside of the US.