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The University of Phoenix is founded to offer flexible higher education options for adults.
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The first completely online curriculum is introduced by CalCampus
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California Virtual University offers more than 1,000 courses online among various California colleges.
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Blackboard and eCollege are introduced as educational tools for online learning.
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WebCT (Web Course Tools), another content management system, had more than 6 million student users at more than 1300 institutions in 55 countries.
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YouTube launched, and by 2009, YouTube EDU offered thousands of free lectures online.
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iTunes U began offering lectures for download.
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Khan Academy is launched, connecting online students to online, transferrable college courses
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The for-profit institution Udacity began offering massive open online courses (MOOCs). MIT and Harvard followed with MOOC platform edX. The University of Wisconsin's Flexible Option began offering competency-based bachelor's degrees.
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The first online-only public university in the United States, UF Online, was announced for launch in 2014.