Press
News, announcements, and insights from Coursera
About Coursera
Coursera was founded by Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng with a vision of providing life-transforming learning experiences to anyone, anywhere. It is now the world’s largest online learning platform for higher education. 190 of the world’s top universities and industry educators partner with Coursera to offer courses, Specializations, and degrees that empower over 40 million learners around the world to achieve their career goals. Over 1,800 companies trust the company’s enterprise platform Coursera for Business to transform their talent. Coursera is backed by investors that include Kleiner Perkins, New Enterprise Associates, GSV Capital, Learn Capital, and SEEK Group.
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Announcements
Mar 15, 2019
Introducing the Coursera Global Skills Index
Feb 13, 2019
Coursera for Business Expands into the Middle East
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: Global Skills Index (2019)
With over 40 million learners and 3,000 courses, Coursera has one of the largest skills databases to study skills trends. The inaugural Global Skills Index draws upon our rich talent insights to benchmark 60 countries and 10 industries across Business, Technology, and Data Science skills.
Report: Learner Outcomes Survey (2017)
Since releasing the first Learner Outcomes Survey in 2015, we more than doubled the size of our learner community globally. This report takes a deep dive into the increasing career, educational, and personal benefits that impact learners as Coursera continues to grow.
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.
Coursera in the News
May 15, 2019
Meet the 2019 CNBC Disruptor 50 companies
CNBC
Apr 25, 2019
Online learning startup Coursera picks up $103M, now valued at $1B+
TechCrunch
Oct 16, 2018
This Company Could Be Your Next Teacher: Coursera Plots A Massive Future For Online Education
Forbes
May 3, 2018
Coursera Could Be a Multi-Billion-Dollar-a-Year Company
Cheddar
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
Harvard Business Review May 27, 2019
Ranking Countries and Industries by Tech, Data, and Business Skills
eLearningInside News Apr 5, 2019
Coursera Launches New MSc in Machine Learning
Forbes Mar 14, 2019
Coursera Reveals The Most Talented Countries In The World
Arabian Gazette Mar 13, 2019
Coursera’s Middle East Expansion to Fuel Region’s Knowledge Economy
The National Feb 12, 2019
60,000 Abu Dhabi Government employees to get access to elite online courses
VentureBeat Jan 30, 2019
Coursera and the University of Toronto roll out autonomous cars specialization
TechCrunch Jan 17, 2019
Coursera moves into healthcare education with 100 courses and 2 masters degrees
ElearningInside News Dec 30, 2018