Alison website an online education provider offering basic The commercialization of Alison, an online education provider offering basic education and vocational training, has allowed it to accelerate its user base and achieve profitability through advertising and paid certification. The site won the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Innovation Project Award.

Alison website founder Mike Fay Mike Ferrick is an Irishman who attended Harvard Business School in the early 1990s. In 2007, he created ALISON, a free online course website, out of his own pocket.