Press
News, announcements, and insights from Coursera
About Coursera
Coursera is an online education company that partners with 160 of the world’s top universities and industry leaders to offer courses, Specializations, and degrees that empower learners around the world to achieve their career, educational, and personal enrichment goals throughout their lives. Since launching in 2012, the company has grown to 31 million registered learners who can choose among 2,600 courses and 236 Specializations. Leading universities are now also working with Coursera to offer online degrees in areas like business, computer science, data science, and public health. Coursera is backed by leading venture capital firms such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, New Enterprise Associates, GSV Capital, International Finance Corporation, Laureate Education Inc., and Learn Capital.
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Announcements
Jun 7, 2017
Coursera Secures $64M in Series D to Fuel Enterprise Business, Global Reach, and Product Innovation
Apr 10, 2017
Coursera Launches Two New Master’s Degrees from HEC Paris and the University of Illinois
Aug 31, 2016
Coursera Launches Coursera for Business, an Enterprise Platform for Workforce Development at Scale
Apr 13, 2016
Coursera Passes 1000-Course Milestone
Insights
Coursera invests in research and surveys to better understand online learners, their goals and motivations, and the impact of learning on their lives. See below for our recent data reports.
Report: The Rise of Generation Never in the UK (2016)
We commissioned research into the challenges that today’s young professionals face, with a focus on adults aged 22-35 in the United Kingdom. Our results shed light on how concern over career growth and a lack of learning opportunities may impact the life goals of a whole generation.
Infographic: How the World Learns (2016)
At Coursera, we’re always working to better understand our millions of learners around the globe. This infographic reveals data around where, when, how, and why people are learning online.
Report: Learner Outcomes in Open Online Courses (2015)
Online learners are reporting real, tangible career and educational results. This report is based on research conducted by Coursera, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Washington for a paper analyzing the results of a survey of 52,000 Coursera learners that was published in Harvard Business Review.
Coursera in the News
Mar 3, 2017
Google and Coursera Have a Plan to Help Fill Tech Job Gaps
Fortune
Sep 30, 2016
Coursera Brings Everything You Need To Code Into Its Virtual Classrooms
Fast Company
Sep 2, 2016
Coursera CEO on Education Tech’s Leap Into the Boardroom
Bloomberg West
Jun 7, 2016
Coursera Announced as a CNBC 2016 Disruptor
CNBC
Mar 31, 2016
Coursera is offering a way to get a real master’s degree for a lot less money
Quartz
Oct 29, 2015
How Online Classes Can Help Your Career
TIME
Inside Higher Ed Mar 6, 2018
Look Who’s Championing the Degree
TechCrunch Mar 6, 2018
Coursera teams with 5 universities to expand its full masters and bachelors degree programs
Fast Company Jan 16, 2018
Google Wants To Help 10,000 People In Underserved Communities Get New IT Jobs
Fast Company Aug 8, 2017
AI Superstar Andrew Ng Is Democratizing Deep Learning With A New Online Course
TechCrunch Jun 7, 2017
Online learning startup Coursera raises $64M at an $800M valuation
Business Standard Mar 20, 2017
Now, you can take an educational course on the go with Coursera mobile app
Fortune Mar 3, 2017
Google and Coursera Have a Plan to Help Fill Tech Job Gaps
TechCrunch Feb 16, 2017