Courseopedia was founded in October 2008 to meet several needs of students and schools. Colleges, universities and anyone who had anything to teach would typically pay to advertise their courses using traditional media such as billboards, radio, newspaper, etc. Some schools would even pay to advertise on MySpace. In addition, students would have to visit each school's website and conduct separate searches for courses of interest. With Courseopedia, educators can post and market their courses on Courseopedia and students can search for courses from multiple schools simultaneously all on one website.

Courseopedia's Mission

Courseopedia's mission is to promote education by centralizing all of the world's courses into one vertical search engine designed specifically for courses so that educators may easily promote their courses and students can easily find courses.