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 a leading online learning platform for higher education, where 71 million learners from around the world come to learn skills of the future. More than 200 of the world’s top universities and industry educators partner with Coursera to offer courses, Specializations, certificates, and degree programs. Thousands of 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 for Campus empowers any university to offer high-quality, job-relevant online education to students, alumni, faculty, and staff. Coursera is backed by leading investors that include Kleiner Perkins, New Enterprise Associates, Learn Capital, and SEEK Group.
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Recent COVID-19 Coverage
Aug 6, 2020
Millions of Americans Have Lost Jobs in the Pandemic — And Robots and AI Are Replacing Them Faster Than Ever
TIME
Jul 28, 2020
How Skills Will Be Crucial As We Adapt To The Post-Covid World
Forbes
Jul 15, 2020
Google and Coursera Commit to Helping Job Seekers, Announce Scholarship Program for Online Certificates
Cheddar
Jul 6, 2020
Online learning critical to the ‘reskilling’ of America
The Hill
Jun 29, 2020
The future of education is digital, online learning platform CEO says
Marketplace Morning Report
May 23, 2020
Coronavirus contact tracing: My new skill
BBC
ET Now Sep 28, 2020
How COVID has impacted the EdTech Space?
Silicon.co.uk Sep 21, 2020
COVID Education: How Tech Is Transforming Learning
Times of India Sep 19, 2020
Tamil Nadu partners with Coursera to train 50,000 unemployed youths
El Tiempo Aug 27, 2020
Estas son las profesiones que están en riesgo tras el coronavirus
CNBC Aug 26, 2020
COVID is changing the skills employers need
NBC News Aug 22, 2020
College students serve as contact tracers as pandemic colors campus life
IT Pro Aug 20, 2020
Bridging the coronavirus skills gap
Times of India Aug 15, 2020
How Covid courses became a hot subject
Announcements
Sep 17, 2020
Coursera Launches Two New Entry-Level Professional Certificates in Partnership With Salesforce, SV Academy, and IBM
Sep 15, 2020
Facebook Partners with Coursera to Launch Social Media Marketing Professional Certificate
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: Drivers of Quality in Online Learning (2020)
Using insights from across nearly 200 million course enrollments, the Drivers of Quality in Online learning report provides actionable, data-driven recommendations for how instructors and learners can optimize their digital learning experience.
Report: Coursera Impact Report (2020)
In Coursera’s inaugural impact report, you’ll find that how the world learns is dramatically changing. Together with our partners, we launched a number of initiatives to help learners and institutions every step of the way, providing them with access to free content, job-relevant skills, and many resources on Coursera.
Report: IDC White Paper (2020)
International Data Corporation (IDC), the premier global provider of market intelligence for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets, reports that Coursera for Business customers realize significant value.
Report: Global Skills Index (2020)
Looking across the 65 million learners on the platform, and drawing on rich performance data of learners in the past 12 months, the report benchmarks skills proficiency for 60 countries, 10 industries, and 11 fields of study in business, technology, and data science.
Coursera in the News
Sep 15, 2020
Looking for a job? Facebook says Coursera partnership creates a path
USA Today
Jul 29, 2020
Coursera is one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators
Fast Company
Jun 29, 2020
The future of education is digital, online learning platform CEO says
Marketplace Morning Report
Jun 16, 2020
These are the 2020 CNBC Disruptor 50 companies
CNBC
May 26, 2020
Remember the MOOCs? After Near-Death, They’re Booming
The New York Times
May 11, 2020
Case Study: Toward Ending Educational Privilege
International Finance Corporation
The Times of India Sep 24, 2020
India ranks second among top global online learners: Coursera
Les Echos Sep 23, 2020
Propulsées par le confinement, les start-up edtech multiplient les levées de fonds
Fortune Sep 22, 2020
Want to know how to WFH better? There’s a class for that
Times of India Sep 19, 2020
‘Log in & learn’ enrolments see monster jump in India
US News & World Report Sep 16, 2020
What to Know About Coursera
AdWeek Sep 16, 2020
Facebook, Coursera Kick Off Social Media Marketing Professional Certificate Program
El Tiempo Sep 16, 2020
Facebook y Coursera lanzan certificado de marketing en redes sociales
Constellation Research Jul 31, 2020