Course Hero Wins Cool Tool Award from EdTech Digest

Online learning platform takes top honors for product or service

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Apr 09, 2019, 09:00 ET

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Course Hero, an online learning platform curating over 25 million course-specific study resources, today announced that it has won EdTech Digest's EdTech Cool Tool Award in the Product or Service category. Cofounder and CEO Andrew Grauer was also recognized as a finalist for the EdTech Leadership Award.

"Our vision at Course Hero is a world where every student graduates confident and prepared," said Grauer. "Having our platform recognized by EdTech Digest is a testament to the work and commitment that the Course Hero team demonstrates every day to help make that vision a reality."

Now in its ninth year, the EdTech Awards is the largest and most competitive recognition program in all of education technology, recognizing the biggest names in ed tech — and those who soon will be. This year's finalists and winners were narrowed from the larger field and judged based on various criteria, including pedagogical workability, efficacy and results, support, clarity, value, and potential.

"Nearly a decade in, the EdTech Awards persists in its salute," said Victor Rivero, who, as editor-in-chief of EdTech Digest, oversees the program. "And nearly a decade in, the people driving ed tech forward persist in their passion to improve learning. The EdTech Awards 2019 celebrates ed tech's best and brightest all year long; innovators, leaders, and trendsetters who are shaping the future of learning."

With Course Hero's Android and iPhone apps, students have access to learning materials wherever they find time and space in their schedule to study. Both apps, as well as the Web platform, offer school- and course-specific study resources and subject-matter expert tutors on demand. Students can even download study resources via mobile device and desktop and access them offline.

The Course Hero app is available to help students get answers and better understand their coursework, 24/7. Download Course Hero for Android or iPhone or sign up for Course Hero online at www.coursehero.com.

About Course Hero
Course Hero is an online learning platform where members can access over 25 million course-specific study resources contributed by a community of students and educators. The platform includes practice problems, study guides, videos, class notes, and step-by-step explanations to help with every college class—from mathematics to literature, biology to history, accounting to psychology, and everything in between. Course Hero has been recognized as one of the 2018 Technology Fast 500 by Deloitte and named a 2018 Best Place to Work in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal.

Connect with Course Hero at www.coursehero.com or on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Pinterest.

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