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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 77 million learners from around the world come to learn essential skills. 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, including 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

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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

Sep 10, 2020

Coursera doubles down on Latin America with new university partners in Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina

Jul 31, 2020

More than 1.6 million learners around the world benefit from partner contributions in Coursera’s response to the pandemic

Jul 17, 2020

Coursera raises $130 Million in Series F round of financing

Jun 3, 2020

Welcoming Ken Hahn as our Chief Financial Officer

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Insights

Report: Drivers of Quality in Online Learning (2020)

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)

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)

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)

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

DisrupTV Episode 200 – Mike Lake, Leah Belsky, and Dion Hinchcliffe

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