In 2026, the Open edX Conference comes to the American West, taking place from May 19 to 22 at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah. The conference is hosted by Western Governors University (WGU), a Mission Aligned Partner of the Open edX project and a pioneer in competency-based education serving more than 193,000 students. The event brings together educators, developers, instructional designers, and technology leaders from around the world to explore how the Open edX platform is

“Andrew is literally the only person that both Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have worked for. He is going to come up with things that nobody else can come up with.” “We don’t know exactly what those inventions and innovations will look like yet, but I’m highly confident that he is uniquely positioned to come up with things that we wouldn’t have come up with on our own.” That’s Greg Hart, Coursera’s CEO, on the July 29 earnings call, the first one since the Udemy merger, explaining why Coursera p

As revealed in a recent earnings call, Coursera’s strategy is to integrate into existing university curricula, prioritizing ‘Coursera for Campus’ over its own online degree programs.

Source: Udemy Investors page The merger is complete. That too, months before its second-half 2026 target. After three failed attempts and five months of regulatory and shareholder review, Coursera and Udemy have finally combined. Now comes the restructuring, the platform integration, and some unanswered leadership questions. The all-stock deal was first announced on December 17, 2025, and approved by stockholders on April 9, 2026. Each Udemy share was exchanged for 0.8 shares of Coursera. Udemy