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IMC AG is a German software company, publishing house and supplier of E-Learning content with headquarter in Saarbrucken. ==Development== The company IMC AG was founded in 1996 within the Scheer Group of the Saarland, by business informatics professor and former BITKOM President August-Wilhelm Scheer as a spin off to bundle the E-learning business and to expand.〔(Hielscher, Hans in Der Spiegel: ''Jazz und Wirtschaft: Manager sollten Miles hören" ), 31. Juli 2009〕 The IMC AG does not belong to IDS Scheer, which was at that time the third largest German software company after SAP and Software AG and which was sold to Software AG in 2009, but became a part of the E-learning division within the newly founded Scheer Group GmbH.〔(Ohne Verfasser in Boersennews: ''Paukenschlag in der Branche - Software AG kauft IDS Scheer'' ) 14. Juli 2009〕〔(Briegleb, Volker in heise.de ''Software AG und IDS Scheer schließen Beherrschungsvertrag'' ) 24. November 2009〕 August-Wilhelm Scheer is the Head of the Supervisory Board. In June, 2014, Wolfgang Kraemer, Frank Milius, and Volker Zimmermann, founding Board members, left the company after 17 years. Their Successors were Christian Wachter, Tobias Blickle and Rudolf Keul.〔(Warscheid, Lothar in Saarländische Zeitung: ''Gesamter Vorstand verlässt Saarbrücker Softwarehaus IMC'' ), 21. Juni 2014〕〔(Ohne Verfasser in checkpoint eLearning News : ''Führungswechsel - Neue Ära bei der IMC AG bricht an'' ), Juni 2014〕 According to MMB ranking, the company is market leader for E-learning software in Germany and the second largest provider for E-learning after the in 2015 renamed Jaber AG.〔(Ohne Verfasser auf Website des Unternehmens: ''Comenius-Award: Webbasiertes Lernspiel überzeugt die Jury'' ), 1. Juli 2015〕 〔(Michel, Lutz MMB Institut für Medien- und Kompetenzforschung in ''MMB E-Learning Branchenmonitor 2014'' ), 2014〕 〔(Chaton, Cornelia in FAZ: ''Lernen im Intranet'' ), 20. Januar 2001〕 The company's main product is a learning management system (abbreviated as LMS, also learning platform). This LMS developed by IMC is also the technical basis of the 2011 introduced free access MOOCS platform OpenCourseWorld. First courses were offered in January 2013. By the end of 2013, the MOOCS platform was revised and redesigned. Also, more courses were offered, in particular in the areas of information technology, economics and health care.〔(Ebner, Martin in Kleine Zeitung "Europa hinkt nach" ), 16. Mai 2013〕〔(Reinmann, Gabi et al. in: ''Hochschuldidaktik im Zeichen von Heterogenität und Vielfalt - Doppelfestschrift für Peter Baumgartner und Rolf Schulmeister'' ), 2. Februar 2014〕〔(Seeger, Jürgen in iX - Magazin für professionelle Informationstechnik "Kostenfreie Online-Kurse mit Uni-Unterstützung" ), 20. Dezember 2012〕〔(Ohne Verfasser in Business-On SaarLorLux - Wirtschaftsportal der Region Saarland, Lothringen, Luxemburg "IMC verbessert eLearning-Plattform OpenCourseWorld" ), 4. Dezember 2013〕 In 2014, the IT Journal CHIP placed OpenCourseWorld under the three best MOOCS platforms in the German speaking world together with Coursera and iversity.〔(Matthies, Laura in Chip: ''MOOC-Plattform: Die 3 besten Anbieter'' ), 3. Mai 2014〕 2013, the company moved with 170 employees in the new building of the Scheer towers on the University campus North of the University of the Saarland. The red facade made of aluminium of the nine-storey office building is supposed to create associations to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and the Californian Silicon Valley as the location of IT startups and high-technology.〔(Warscheid, Lothar in Saarbrücker Zeitung "Neues IT-Gebäude Scheer-Tower an der Saar-Uni eingeweiht" ), 10. Januar 2013〕〔(Ohne Verfasser auf YouTube: ''Scheer Tower - Der Film'' ), 10. Januar 2013.〕 Other locations are Munich, Freiburg, Graz (Austria), Zurich (Switzerland), Sibiu (Romania), London (United Kingdom), Scottsdale (Arizona, United States) and Melbourne (Australia). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「IMC AG」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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