Supporting the fight against Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak through online education

Thomas A. Finholt, Dean, School of Information, University of Michigan Jeff Maggioncalda, Chief Executive Officer of Coursera Coursera, the University of Michigan School of Information, and the Center for Academic Innovation are responding to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak by offering students in China three of our most popular data science Specializations essentially free for students […]
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What’s new on Coursera for Business – January 2020

By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant 2020 is already proving to be an exciting year for skill development on Coursera. Our university and industry partners launched over 60 courses in January – an average of 2 courses per day. Our new courses range in topic from IT automation and feature engineering to visual analytics, […]
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Introducing Coursera Plus: a subscription plan for unlimited learning

by Anubhav Chopra, Lead Product Manager, Consumer Everyone comes to Coursera with a unique learning goal. Some learners want just a single course on a specific topic, while others, like Sagi from Jakarta, take well over 20 courses in a variety of domains. Now, through Coursera Plus, a new subscription program that we’re piloting, learners […]
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Finding An Accessible Path to Impactful Health Work with Michigan’s Online MPH Degree

University of Michigan’s School of Public Health is ranked in the top five public health research institutions in the US and is taught by leaders in the field. In the Population and Health Sciences Master of Public Health program you’ll get hands-on practical experience with community public health issues and gain expertise in the issue […]
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What’s new on Coursera for Business – December 2019

By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant Coursera’s university and industry partners launched over 50 courses in December to round out 2019. Our new courses range in topic from the data-heavy – including new AI, cloud, and analytics courses – to cultural intelligence, public health, security management, and business English. Here are our top picks […]
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Driving Measurable Skills Development with Coursera for Business

By Shwetabh Mittal, Director, Product Management 2019 was an unprecedented year for Coursera for Business. With advancing technology and globalization reshaping the future of work, skills development has become a mandate among institutions. Organizations wanting to compete in the changing economy look to Coursera to develop the skills of the future. This year, we grew […]
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What’s new on Coursera for Business – November 2019

By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant The end of the year brings with it some of our most exciting launches of 2019. Our latest batch of 50+ courses includes enterprise critical skills such as personal resilience, computational thinking, and coding for managers.  Additional topics this past month range from Python for asset management to […]
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Novartis goes ‘Big on Learning’ by Offering Employees Top Data Science Master’s Degrees on Coursera

By Leah Belsky, SVP of Enterprise, Coursera In September, we began our partnership with Novartis, a leading global medicines company, to offer its entire workforce — 108,000 employees across 140 countries — unlimited access to Coursera’s catalog of 3,600 courses. We embarked on this journey with a goal of establishing a culture of learning that […]
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The Year of AI: End of Year Round-Up 2019

Trends from 45 million learners on Coursera show nearly two million enrollments in AI-related content in 2019, AI for Everyone breaks into the top ten list in its first year By Dil Sidhu, Chief Content Officer at Coursera When it comes to popularity and demand, tech-centric courses like artificial intelligence and data science consistently rank […]
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What’s new on Coursera for Business – October 2019

By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant Coursera released 50+ courses on our platform in October. This month brings a number of new courses focused on innovation and disruption, from developing a systems mindset to digital transformation, AI workflows, and futures thinking. Here are our top picks for enterprise for this past month: October 2019’s […]
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