Now Any Federal Government Agency Can Easily Engage Coursera for Upskilling Projects By Kevin Mills, Head of Government Partnerships Approximately 400,000 Federal employees will need to be reskilled by FY 2021, according to the Office of Management and Budget. That’s nearly 20% of the government’s current workforce. Today, we are excited to announce an agreement […]
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Leading Companies Partner with Coursera to Tackle Pandemic Disruption and Upskill for a New Economy
By Leah Belsky, Chief Enterprise Officer, Coursera The pandemic has made the need for workforce upskilling an urgent priority for companies worldwide. On Coursera, we are seeing companies across global regions and industry verticals grow their investment in enterprise learning. Amidst the pandemic, many of them are using Coursera to accelerate digital transformation, manage the […]
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Coursera’s Enterprise Learning Platform Now Available in AWS Marketplace
By Leah Belsky, Chief Enterprise Officer, Coursera Coursera’s enterprise learning platform is now available for purchase in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. Starting today, technical teams using Amazon Web Services (AWS) can easily search and deploy online learning for their organizations using Coursera. Coursera’s robust enterprise offering includes access to courses from the world’s leading […]
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Facebook Partners with Coursera to Launch Social Media Marketing Professional Certificate
Designed to Help Learners of All Backgrounds Enter the Growing Field of Social Media Marketing By Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO, Coursera Today, we’re excited to announce a new Social Media Marketing Professional Certificate from Facebook – our newest industry partner. The certificate is designed for learners without a college degree or any prior experience to become […]
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Modernizing Workforce Development Programs to Train for the Jobs of the Future
By Kevin Mills, Head of Government Partnerships COVID-19 is reshaping the labor market. The devastating economic slowdown caused by the pandemic has impacted hundreds of millions of workers globally and eliminated nearly half of jobs. In the United States, unemployment remains high, while job vacancies have started to disappear due to accelerated automation. For all […]
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Modernizing Workforce Development Programs for the Jobs of the Future
By Kevin Mills, Head of Government Partnerships COVID-19 is reshaping the labor market. The devastating economic slowdown caused by the pandemic has impacted hundreds of millions of workers globally and eliminated more than 40% of jobs. In the United States, unemployment remains high, while job vacancies have started to disappear due to accelerated automation. For […]
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Guided Projects Offering Becomes the Fastest to Reach One Million Enrollments on Coursera
Enterprise offering now includes private authoring of Guided Projects, courses, and assessments By Shravan Goli, Chief Product Officer and Namit Yadav, General Manager, Rhyme The pandemic has accelerated the rate of digital transformation among institutions, creating an urgent need to support skills development in new ways. With face-to-face training not possible in the current environment, […]
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Announcing the Coursera 2020 Global Skills Index
By Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO, Coursera In a few short months, COVID-19 has profoundly reshaped our world. The economic devastation has been staggering, affecting the lives of more than 555 million workers and 200 million higher education students. As we begin to revive jobs and economies, it will be important to understand the impact of the […]
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Addressing the cloud talent drought alongside AWS with online learning
By Leah Belsky, Chief Enterprise Officer at Coursera As the Fourth Industrial Revolution unfolds around the world, it is disrupting the nature of jobs and the skills that underpin them. The World Economic Forum predicts that the core skills required to perform most roles will change by more than 42 percent by 2020, meaning that […]
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Resources to Support your Learners: Stay Informed & Productive During the Coronavirus Crisis
By Alison Lands, Skills Transformation Consultant As companies scramble to secure the health and safety of employees, virtualize their operations, and check-in with their customers (not to mention find a quiet + comfortable + decent-looking nook from which to work virtually in their homes!), a new level of leadership is being demanded from every individual […]
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