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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Coursera

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/ACoursera is an online catalog of learning content, available to businesses to help them to strengthen critical skills, Develop, retain, and advance critical talent, or use role-based assessments to identify skills gaps and advancement opportunities.

    $399

    per year per user

    SkyPrep LMS

    Score8.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    SkyPrep is an online training software that allows businesses, and knowledge providers to train, test, and manage their users. The software allows users to upload content any material they already have (such as PDF, Powerpoints, Excel, Word, Videos) and create courses and tests. There are also tools for managing, and tracking the activity, and performance of all your trainees.N/A
    Pricing
    CourseraSkyPrep LMS
    Editions & Modules
    Coursera for Teams
    $399
    per year per user (for less than 125 employees)
    Coursera for Business
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CourseraSkyPrep LMS
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—- An Active User is a user that logs in during a monthly billing cycle. Plans must have a minimum of 100, with additional Active Users purchased in bundles of 100.
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    Features
    CourseraSkyPrep LMS
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Coursera and SkyPrep LMS
    Feature
    Coursera
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    2% above category average
    SkyPrep LMS
    8.7
    23 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Course authoring8.94 Ratings8.621 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.14 Ratings8.618 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.94 Ratings8.617 Ratings
    Learning content9.54 Ratings8.616 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications9.24 Ratings8.523 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics8.03 Ratings8.622 Ratings
    Social learning8.94 Ratings9.112 Ratings
    Mobile friendly00 Ratings8.722 Ratings
    Assignments00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Compliance management00 Ratings8.617 Ratings
    Learning administration00 Ratings8.621 Ratings
    Gamification00 Ratings8.911 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CourseraSkyPrep LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (17 ratings)
    8.7
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CourseraSkyPrep LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Coursera
    The Coursera platform can be a useful part of your overall learning content portfolio if utilized correctly. It's fantastic for asynchronous courses that don't necessarily need a dedicated faculty member (though I'd highly recommend at least having some discussion moderators/student workers) and for offering MOOCs. The ability for the learners to contribute translations really makes it ideal for the international learning community - I am always amazed to see a course we launched with 2-3 languages to quickly have 10-12 more added. This feature really helps expand the audience reach and Coursera has such a large following already that it can grow seemingly overnight.
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    SkyPrep
    SkyPrep LMS is well-suited to organizations that do not currently utilize an LMS. The support provided from step one through implementation is excellent. SkyPrep LMS not only wants to help make an organization run more efficiently when it comes to upskilling employees and/or clients, they also want to learn from the needs of organizations in order to better serve all of their clients.
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    Pros
    Coursera
    • Interaction: the student learns by doing. For programming courses, this means programming!
    • Assessments: the courses I'd taken ask students to grade each others work with a rubric. This is hugely effective and permits tests and quizzes to be other than multiple choice.
    • Creativity and enthusiasm of the instructors. Some of the approaches demonstrated real out-of-the-box thinking by the instructors. For example, the Rice Python course was a self-contained website requiring no installation of IDE on one's computer, and the final project was a working version of Asteroids.
    • Low cost of entry: most of the course I enrolled in were free, with an optional fee for certifications. This really gives people the freedom to explore learning. It's almost like a Public Library of Learning.
    • Coursera forces a weekly discipline on the user with lectures and assignments and this really motivates one to put in the effort.
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    SkyPrep
    • Building a class is super easy from pre-recorded powerpoints, videos
    • Assessment Building and Quizzes are user friendly
    • The reporting features for both internal and external use by clients is robust, but also controllable
    • Very extensive administrative features can be administered dependent on client/company needs
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    Cons
    Coursera
    • Some of the courses (very few) have some old information (more than 2 years), and in some areas like technology the information has to be very new and updated.
    • Some professors or people doing videos are not good in front of the camera, they should train their people a little bit more for those things.
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    SkyPrep
    • Many of the features in the newly released "Studio" are difficult to understand
    • It would be great if I had more control of what data my dashboard contained
    • Need to streamline their email delivery system and offer fewer but richer features.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Coursera
    Constantly renewing already. One of my favourite MOOC platforms.
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    SkyPrep
    I say 9 instead of 10 not because of any lack of confidence in SkyPrep but only because I can't be sure how large or responsive my market -- male-friendly social workers and other helping professionals -- will be to my offerings.
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    Usability
    Coursera
    User-friendly and developer-friendly Web UI.
    Incentivized
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    SkyPrep
    The user interface is simple, clean, and intuitive to use for both learners and educators. Learning modules can be arranged in any fashion creators/educators desire and have assessments embedded within. Ordering of modules can be enforced, and content can be made optional or required easily. Everything is from top to bottom is customizable.
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    Support Rating
    Coursera
    I’ve used it a couple of times and... that did great. They take their time, but in the end they solve your issues.
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    SkyPrep
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    Implementation Rating
    Coursera
    Coursera is familiar, intuitive, compatible and easy to use and implement.
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    SkyPrep
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    Alternatives Considered
    Coursera
    I think Coursera has the best overall interface. I think you will find that different platforms go in different directions, and have different specialities. For the most part the differences are more in the types of courses they offer than one being particularly better than the other, so it comes down to content for me.
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    SkyPrep
    SkyPrep LMS was the most cost-effective solution that had all our desired features and functionality. Each platform has a lot of similarities and for us, ensuring ease of navigation and cost were top priorities. SkyPrep LMS appeared to be the most user-friendly -- the others had great features and functions, but SkyPrep LMS appeared as the cleanest.
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    Return on Investment
    Coursera
    • The greatest benefit of Coursera is access to quality courses on various subjects that you can either browse or dive in deeply. Customizable, flexible and accessible.
    • Helps our department to recommend trainees courses on this website and gain important knowledge. Also, the courses are provided by big-name universities which helps students in their careers
    • Developing and exploring professional skills.
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    SkyPrep
    • Previously we had a limited # of clients who paid for access to our LMS. SkyPrep LMS allows us to proudly charge for access to our LMS now. We expect to achieve our ROI in the next 12 - 34 months.
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    SkyPrep LMS Screenshots

    Screenshot of a course overview dashboard.Screenshot of a course overview dashboard.Screenshot of the admin dashboard.Screenshot of the new learner dashboard.Screenshot of the studio journey.