Today, we’re happy to announce that Coursera has raised $130 million as part of the Series F up round. This financing brings the company’s cash balance to more than $300 million. The round was led by NEA and joined by existing investors Kleiner Perkins, SEEK Group, Learn Capital, SuRo Capital Corp, and G Squared. Coursera, […]
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How many ETs are in our galaxy? Ask the Alien Civilization Calculator
Researchers at Omni Calculator have created the Alien Civilization Calculator, a unique combination of two different methods of trying to determine how many advanced alien civilizations may exist in our galaxy. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/alien-civilization-calculator-extraterrestrial-intelligence-seti…
Q2 Coursera for Business Quarterly Product Release
By Shwetabh Mittal, Senior Director, Product Management The world has changed a great deal since I last posted. I hope all readers of this blog are well and safe during these unprecedented times. We continue to enhance the Coursera platform in response to data and your feedback, as we strive to create and deliver the […]
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See how Ramone used online learning to supplement his academic and career pursuits
Meet Ramone, a learner in New York who’s taking courses on Coursera to supplement his PhD program, and to improve his career coaching skills. He shares his story below. Enhancing my knowledge My goal for learning on Coursera was to access additional resources to complete my course work for my PhD. I am a Doctoral […]
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New Exotica Catalog will help guide search for ET
“What if extraterrestrial intelligences are not like us, but are found in the frigid reaches of the outer solar system, the extreme gravity of neutron stars, the brilliant cores of active galaxies, or the hearts of the richest galaxy clusters?” Source: https://earthsky.org/space/the-breakthrough-listen-exotic-target-catalog-seti-extraterrestrial-intelligence…
Education and Coronavirus: Lessons From Emergency Remote Teaching
By Matthew Rascoff In recent months, almost every university in the world has shifted to emergency remote teaching—a kind of “first aid” for higher education in a pandemic. When the Chinese government closed all higher education institutions in early February, Duke Kunshan University (DKU) in Kunshan, China, was among the first universities to make this […]
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