Springer Nature acquires e-learning provider iversity

Effective 17 October 2017, the international publisher Springer Nature acquired the e-learning provider iversity. iversity is a leading platform for e-learning and MOOCs, and collaborates with over one hundred universities, educational institutes and companies worldwide. The acquisition of the online platform will allow Springer Nature to globally expand the dissemination of its authors’ educational and research content with the aid of innovative formats. According to Niels Peter Thomas, Chief Book Strategist at Springer Nature: “The combination of Springer Nature’s high-quality educational and research books and iversity’s excellent learning platform will provide us with significantly improved avenues for supporting the distribution of our authors’ content. In addition to being published in book form, our authors’ research and educational content can also be made available as part of the extended portfolio, and in modern learning formats.” As Hannes Klöpper, founder and former CEO of iversity, explains: “We started out six years ago with the goal of establishing new, innovative digital solutions and formats on Germany’s educational landscape. Springer Nature can now continue that pioneering work by firmly establishing the iversityonline learning platform on the market, and by scaling it up.” There have already been far more than a million course registrations for iversity – primarily from students at prominent universities and employees engaged in cont...
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