ECollege

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eCollege.com, Inc.
TypeA Pearson Company
Industry Education and Technology
FoundedJuly 26, 1996;26 years ago (1996-07-26) (as Real Education) [1]
April 12, 1999;23 years ago (1999-04-12) (as eCollege) [2]
Headquarters Denver, Colorado, United States
Key people
Matt Leavy CEO
Products(see below)
Number of employees
500+ (2010)
Website www.ecollege.com

Pearson eCollege is an on-demand, or software as a service (SaaS), provider of eLearning software and services to secondary and post-secondary learning institutions and is owned by Pearson PLC. ECollege was founded in 1996 as Real Education, the company went public in 1999. [3] as eCollege.com (NASDAQ: ECLG) and acquired by Pearson in 2007 [4]

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  1. "ECOLLEGE COM (Form: S-1/A, Received: 10/27/1999 07:59:48)". NASDAQ . 1999-10-26. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  2. "eCollege.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS . Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  3. http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/company/ecollege-com-62820-2742 [ bare URL ]
  4. "Pearson agrees to buy eCollege for $477 MLN". Reuters. 14 May 2007.