1. General Information¶
1.1. Implementation on Amazon Web Services¶
| Author: | Sachin Sable |
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| Contact: | ssable@umail.iu.edu |
| organization: | Data Science Program |
| date: | 24 May 2016 |
| status: | This is a “work in progress” |
| copyright: | This document has been placed in the public domain. You may copy, modify, redistribute, reattribute, improve it, quote it at length, excerpt, incorporate. |
| Dedication: | For developers who want to install Open edX platform. |
| abstract: | This document is a demonstration of the how to install and configure open edX platform (dogwood release) on amazon web services. |
1.2. About Open edx¶
1.2.1. edX¶
EdX is a nonprofit online initiative created by founding partners Harvard and MIT and composed of dozens of leading global institutions, the xConsortium. EdX offers interactive online courses and MOOCs from the world’s best universities and institutions.
1.2.2. Open edX¶
The Open edX platform is a free–and open source–course management system (CMS) that was originally developed by edX. The Open edX platform is used all over the world to host Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as well as smaller classes and training modules.