What is Open English?
'''Open English''' is an online English school. In 2014, the school had 100,000 students in the Spanish speaking world.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Minaya|first=Ezequiel|date=2014-06-18|title=Online School Has 100,000 Students, One Subject|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/online-school-has-100-000-students-one-subject-1403050947|access-date=2022-08-29|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> == History == Andrés Moreno, Nicolette Rankin and Wilmer Samiento, co-founded Open English in Caracas, [[Venezuela]] in September 2006. In 2009, Rankin and Moreno moved the company to Miami, Florida. Moreno played the English [[student]] and Rankin played the English teacher in their homemade commercials for Open English. From 2010 to 2013, the company raised $120 million in VC funding, including $69 million in 2013 from venture firm Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV). In 2013, co-founder Rankin left Open English and co-founded another online school, Next University. In 2015, Next University was acquired by Open English. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Miami]] {{US-stub}}