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      <h1 class="case-study-heading">2U Case Study</h1><img src="images/2U-pricing-logo.jpg" class="case-study-logo">
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          <h3 class="case-study-template-heading">What Was Built?</h3>
          <p class="case-study-text">A personalized distance learning platform providing full degrees from leading accredited universities, merging synchronized Live and VOD experiences for one-on-one and collaborative group learning.</p>
          <h3 class="case-study-template-heading">Why Kaltura?</h3>
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            <li class="case-study-template-li-bullets"><strong>Startup Economics</strong>
              <br>Enable 2U to shape and enhance their learning capabilities, while being disruptive and fast to market</li>
            <li class="case-study-template-li-bullets"><strong>Platform Flexibility<br></strong>APIs and SDKs that can be&nbsp;distributed via OEM&nbsp;</li>
            <li class="case-study-template-li-bullets"><strong>Time to Market &amp; Budget</strong>
              <br>2U needed to prove a new business model under stringent timelines</li>
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          <h3 class="case-study-template-heading">Background</h3>
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            <li class="case-study-template-li-bullets">2U provides customized accredited distance learning programs for leading universities.</li>
            <li class="case-study-template-li-bullets">NASDAQ:TWOU (IPO:2014), Market Cap: $1.97B</li>
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            <blockquote class="case-study-quote">“We decided to go with Kaltura for multiple reasons, one of them was innovation - creating disruptive new video services in education. We felt that for every question we had, Kaltura had an answer.
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              <br> By leveraging the platform APIs, 2U melded Kaltura functionalities into a new disruptive online learning platform based on video.”</blockquote>
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              <li class="case-study-template-li"><span class="fa fa-check"></span>&nbsp; Synchronized Live &amp; VOD</li>
              <li class="case-study-template-li"><span class="fa fa-check"></span> &nbsp;3rd Party Product Integrations</li>
              <li class="case-study-template-li"><span class="fa fa-check"></span> &nbsp;OEM usage of Kaltura APIs and SDKs</li>
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