edX Reviews 

The proctoring for exams is BEYOND DREADFUL. I have wasted 8 hours with support, trying all items. Then 20min on hold to a support number which does not work.

Their systems are dreadful. What is the use of proctoring IF IT DOES NOT WORK.

super terrible website just redirects over and over to the same page

I paid for a course in "Reproducible Data Science". It had some good content but the assessments were a joke and there was zero support. The course structure was poor and the demands ranged from simplistic to insanely complex - not that the "guess your way to success" assessments gave any challenge. I got a certificate. I'll have it printed on paper by Andrex

I started the Project Management course from the University of Maryland in June last year (2023). I should have completed it by mid-Jan 2024, but the course got postponed due to some “module re-design” activities according to EdX’s team. I was supposed to take the official Project Management Professional certificate by Q1 2024, but the university is keeping on posting 2 modules without giving any explanation. This is unacceptable!

They refuse to make a refund,when the page said 15days trail period.

Do not recommend this Web site

Quality of courses are very poor and support during courses is simply not existant

A little background. I've always worked with computers and been ahead of my time but I've never worked in the IT industry. I spent my time working HVAC until I was injured and could not work in the field anymore. At that point the company decided that I'm not worth anything to them. Take any advice of my family I decided to get into the IT world. Doing research I was presented with multiple recommendations for cyber boot camp EDx through the University of Minnesota. We are now close to halfway through and have been giving contradictory information from the recruiter and the instructor after the deposit and complete payment was completed. No refund policy after the first 30 days or so. That's when everything picks up pace. My thought was try to capture as much information as possible. It's been nothing but bottlenecks of not having access to the virtual environments using your own credit cards to create temporary accounts to get access to some environments. Instructors saying hands up they don't know what to do but reach out to the powers that be. In the end it's super frustrating because I'm committed to completing this course. The instructor said that if you fell behind 80% of the time people do not complete and bail out. With the bottlenecks it makes it almost impossible. Spend your time trying to troubleshoot how to get into the environment instead of being in them to practice. For $10,000 a student 51 students a class with over 200 classes that type of budget should be able to afford to present you with prepaid environments. The instructional staff is supportive as possible. But you really get the concept that they're not being supported on the upper end and it's the same thing. You would figure the people that are trying to teach you IT would know how to troubleshoot the IT issues to be able to teach you the IT. I should have read other reviews on Reddit prior to signing up for this particular class but was just desperate start the right structure into a new beginning for my career and future. Totally feel taken advantage of. Doesn't feel it was worth the money. Absolutely give you exposure to a lot of information but you can watch a YouTube video somebody clicking on Windows and it's not the same as working hands-on in a virtual environment. I hope that at least this reaches out to one person and then they decide not to take this class save themselves $10,000. Computer science degree requires calculus prerequisites and that is not my strong suit. I can figure almost anything out but from what I understand they just laugh at you if you have an edX certificate. A lot of the people in the industry just spent their time paying their dues and they look at you as you're trying to weasel your way in with it 6 month class with a company that doesn't really support you in the way you would need to really launch a new career. The career seminars are more review of information rather than prospecting employers. The same information about networking on LinkedIn can be found on the LinkedIn web page. The instructors won't give any personal references. Please avoid this company at all costs.

The experience so far at UNC AI boot camp has been incredibly disappointing. I don’t think I’m learning very much, the feedback from reviewers has been useless, and it’s been mostly introductory python. It’s incredibly disheartening knowing I’ve wasted $12k

I was doing an LLM course the labs stopped working for me might course and edX support said that's a problem with the staff delivering the course. The staff delivering the course responded with a scripted message the forum thread I started and then went dark.

Te dice que el curso es gratis a no ser que quieras el título. Me hago la cuenta, chequeo el contenido y lo único gratis son los vídeos de un minuto que dicen "ya hemos aprendido a..." . Viendo las mentiras iniciales intento eliminar mi cuenta, a lo que me pide que primero desvincule mi google. Y al hacerlo me dice que no puedo eliminar mi cuenta porque precisamente yo inicié sesión con google. Osea que tus datos son para ellos, para siempre. Lo dicho, estafadores tanto por un lado como el otro.
Si me estáis leyendo, sois despreciables.

EDX can be used in different ways. I personally have used EDX since its inception. I am a huge fan of e-learning and wrote to the UK government 40 years ago when the internet started with the massive opportunity it presented to improve UK education - deaf ears of course (read Rory Stewart's book on how government does not work). But EDX and FutureLearn have provided significant resources for everyone in the world online and if you 'audit' the course (as I do) then they are completely free. Yes some vary in quality, but some of the courses I have reviewed are simply the best courses I have ever taken in my life - and I have a UK Hons Degree done way back when. So, I suggest people stop & think before paying - Audit the course FIRST - then, if it is good quality and is what you expect, only then pay if you really need a certificate.

Prendono i soldi per i certificati ma poi non è possibile prenderli perché le scadenze degli esami sono fisse. Non è vero che potete studiare con il vostro ritmo mentre lavorate.

Save your money and avoid these courses (funny, I typed that as "curse" the first time and thinking about it I can't say that was actually a typo).

Having taken their cybersecurity Bootcamp, I have to say this was hands down the worst educational experience of my life! The management and delivery of this course is awful; the course materials are appallingly written, many times our instructor didn't even know what they were trying to convey to us or get us to do, and they are not regularly updated to reflect changes in the technology (VMs, etc.) that the company has us as students use. Speaking of technology issues, the daily litany of technical issues surrounding trying to access your student VMs, course materials on github, etc. is unreal. I don't know if I was in a training course or an episode of the Hunger Games hoping the odds would ever be in my favor whenever I logged into class, or tried to access course materials and VMs to do my homework and projects.

Other reviewers are spot on when they say that this course will not leave you prepared to take the professional certification exams or have you job ready; it merely introduces you to topics that you will need to know about. I concurrently followed several other cybersecurity courses on other, significantly more affordable, platforms just to fill in the gaps of what I'm not learning from this course.

In retrospect, I wish I'd known the course syllabus in detail so that I could have studied these topics on my own and saved the money I'd spent on this course and put it towards an actual degree in the subject.

This company, edX/2U, is performing a money grab. They advertise about this great opportunity, a way to improve your living situation by learning a skill that is in need. I was sold by their salespeople on a great opportunity. When I finished, received my paper, paid my money, and couldn't find work... I was told there was no guarantee to find employment. Every response seemed as thought it was scripted.
not to mention, my mom passed away in the middle of the bootcamp I was enrolled in. I was grieving, I wasn't able to learn anything or retain any info. my mind was on mourning the passing of my mom. edx/2U counselors offered me one excused absence of the two days I missed when my mom passed. They didn't offer anything outside of that excused absence. No postponed class, maybe restart in a new class, a refund..Nothing. they are a greedy corporation that wants your money. I'm sure they've rebranded and are probably running this same scam under a new name. Just be careful.

I did a course on electromagnetism, 8.02.1x. I completed the first (electrostatics) out of 3 courses, and the materials and teaching staff were great.

However, I prepaid the whole programme, and before I could start the second course they were all removed from the platform. I did not get a refund for the remaining two courses.

The EdX courses are good, but need flexibility, so that the one who has done more than 50% of assignments ,as audit, could be able to pay and to be able to finish the course. Not to cut him off in the middle of the course. Education should be a priority here, not- business and money! You stress and depress people. They lose their time, and become unhappy. Bad decisions of the EdX management team.

I enrolled in Coding Bootcamp at edX with the understanding, as conveyed by a representative, that successful completion could lead to job opportunities with a potential starting income of up to 100k, eventually moving towards 180k. I dedicated myself fully to the course, aiming to acquire all necessary skills. Despite my efforts, I've been unable to secure even a single interview in the six months since completion and remain unemployed. My experience with the support services post-course was disappointing; when I reached out for assistance, I was informed that there was no guarantee of employment. I also encountered an incident where one of the instructors made racist remarks towards "Mediocre White Males", which was concerning. This experience has left me in debt without the anticipated career advancement. For anyone considering this program, I recommend thoroughly researching and understanding the potential outcomes and support offered before committing.

Do not waste your time and money.

I completed a Professional programming course from edX that was well-known on and off the platform a long time ago and did not receive a certificate of completion. Furthermore, I purchased the paid certificate and did not receive any certificate and the site's support team does not work, instead, they have ready-made questions that do not help. I can conclude from my experience that this platform is a scam, they use the names of globally known companies to receive money.

The garbage instructor reads from slides like it's his first time seeing them, 'Student Success Advisor' is very abrasive, and Career Assistance from a 20-year-old college student is probably not going to help.

I have used the chat to ask questions about the course and the person (should've take the name -_-) on top of taking ages to reply, kept on telling me to "google it" , she/he clearly didn't know anything about the course (Front-End web dev). Now seeing all the bad reviews of this platform I will not proceed to the course.

Good freemium
Nice courses, a bit too informative but with a little bit of practice. I started the LLM course and noticed that, the business is inside the databricks workspace you need to purchase! Everything needs money, so even this course does it! It is just hidden behind a (necessary) condition to use the (payable) databricks workspace in order to make experiments with python code using LLM stuff.