OpenSesame is an online marketplace for training courses, with more than 20,000 courses from 250 different sellers. With OpenSesame, buyers can shop for courses from different sellers, preview courses, and read reviews before making a purchase. OpenSesame offers unprecendented flexibility in buying and using online training courses. Buying Courses on OpenSesame There are two easy ways to purchase courses from OpenSesame: eCommerce: Shop our elearning marketplace and purchase licenses for only the courses you need. ... [more]
OpenSesame’s newest feature is course bundles, or “playlists” of training courses purchased as a group. Top sellers throughout the OpenSesame elearning marketplace are using this new feature to create curated groups of courses. The course bundle sales format is useful for providing a complete, competency-based curriculum. For example, if your marketing analytics company is switching to Excel 2010 from an older version of the program, your employees are going to want to have every detail of the new version at their disposal. ... [more]
If you’re an elearning buyer, you’re used to frustration, inflexibility and negotiation. You’re used to seeing licenses you’ve paid for go to waste because circumstances changed or schedules got in the way - and you’re not used to vendors who say “yes”. It’s OpenSesame’s goal to make elearning work for you, with flexible purchasing and licensing options to fit your organization’s changing needs. ... [more]
If you’re a seller in the OpenSesame elearning marketplace, no doubt you want to know how your courses are selling. OpenSesame’s dashboard provides real-time sales data to help you understand what’s selling, when. ... [more]
We are proud to announce a great new addition to the OpenSesame training marketplace: eLearning courses from Cegos, the leading global provider of management, finance, marketing, sales and operations content localized into 13 languages, including French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Chinese and Arabic. For many of our customers, finding learning resources for international staff members is a huge challenge. ... [more]
On Wednesday, OpenSesame co-founder Josh Blank participated in a roundtable discussion led by United States Senator Jeff Merkley among entrepreneurs and tech leaders on The Crowdfund Act - new legislation designed to make raising capital easier for new businesses. As a new startup, OpenSesame has worked hard to build our business, develop our customer base and raise the capital we need to support our team and operations as we grow. ... [more]
We’re proud to announce a great opportunity for the OpenSesame community: Dawn Kohler, CEO of the Inside Coach, will offer a webinar May 30th focused on increasing the utilization and usefulness of your online learning content. Dawn is an expert business coach and elearning developer, with years of experience in working with businesses of all sizes to develop effective training and development programs. ... [more]
This month I've been thrilled to write a series of posts on creating measurement and analytics models on the American Society for Training & Development's blog. It has been my goal to address this complex topic with specific recommendations and models you can implement in your organization. ... [more]
OpenSesame is proud to announce that co-founders Josh Blank and Tom Turnbull will appear next week on the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network “Life in an Incubator” webinar series, sharing our experience working and growing in the Portland State University Business Accelerator. As a startup technology company, OpenSesame depends on our network of experienced entrepreneurs and technologists to share their lessons learned and expertise. Our connections through the PSBA have been fundamental to our growth. ... [more]
OpenSesame is building the world’s marketplace for online learning content, with a comprehensive selection of courses from sellers covering everything from communication and sales skills to website development and Cisco server administration. ... [more]
