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News, announcements, and insights from Coursera
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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. More than 200 of the world’s top universities and industry educators partner with Coursera to offer courses, Specializations, certificates, and degrees that empower over 44 million learners around the world to achieve their career goals. 2,000 companies trust the company’s enterprise platform Coursera for Business to transform their talent. Coursera for Government equips government employees and citizens with in-demand skills to build a competitive workforce. Coursera is backed by investors that include Kleiner Perkins, New Enterprise Associates, GSV Capital, Learn Capital, and SEEK Group.
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Announcements
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
Sep 18, 2019
What if all learning happened online?
Marketplace
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
El Economista Oct 8, 2019
Competencias 4.0, el Gran Desafío Laboral de México (Skills 4.0, Mexico’s Great Labor Challenge)
Harvard Business Review Oct 4, 2019
Where Online Learning Goes Next
ET Now Oct 4, 2019
StartUp Central: The Idea Behind Coursera
CNBC India Oct 4, 2019
Hot Seat: Coursera’s Journey So Far
Fortune Oct 2, 2019
Google Expands Its Coursera IT Training Course to 100 Community Colleges
TechCrunch Aug 28, 2019
Coursera makes its first acquisition, Rhyme Softworks, to power new Coursera Labs offering
Campus Technology Jul 31, 2019
U Illinois Intros Online Foundation Courses Leading to Tech Master’s
Economic Times Jul 15, 2019