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Q&A with Shwetabh Mittal, Head of Product and Corporate Strategy for Coursera for Business

Q&A with Shwetabh Mittal, Head of Product and Corporate Strategy for Coursera for Business

We recently sat down with Shwetabh Mittal, the head of product and corporate strategy for Coursera for Business. Shwetabh was excited to provide a peak into how our product roadmap is developed and share some of the most exciting upcoming new features. In particular, he shares how he’s thinking about skills-based features in the wake…
2019 Conference Takeaways: A Partner Perspective

2019 Conference Takeaways: A Partner Perspective

Several members of the Duke Learning Innovation team headed to London for the 2019 Coursera Partners Conference. The conference brings together educators and leaders representing over 180 global universities, organizations and companies. Here are some of our top takeaways from the conference. MOOCs might be dead, but Coursera keeps growing MOOCs are dead, you say?…
What’s new on Coursera for Business – April 2019

What’s new on Coursera for Business – April 2019

Skepticism University of California, Irvine Aplicaciones musicales con Arduino Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Just Reading and Writing English 1 Tsinghua University General Academic English Tsinghua University Just Reading and Writing English 2 Tsinghua University Conversational English Skills Tsinghua University Culminating Project in Health Informatics Johns Hopkins University Dermatology: Trip to skin Novosibirsk State University…
5 essential L&D themes from Coursera Partners Conference

5 essential L&D themes from Coursera Partners Conference

I recently had the pleasure of attending the 2019 Coursera Partners Conference in London, where we brought together academic, business and tech pioneers in a two-day celebration of learning. Amongst guest speakers were Thomas Friedman, Yale University, the Abu Dhabi Dhabi School of Government, AXA, Novartis, Coursera Co-Founder Andrew Ng, and many more. Throughout the…
5 essential L&D themes from Coursera Partner Conference

5 essential L&D themes from Coursera Partner Conference

I recently had the pleasure of attending the 2019 Coursera Partners Conference in London, where we brought together academic, business and tech pioneers in a two-day celebration of learning. Amongst guest speakers were Thomas Friedman, Yale University, the Abu Dhabi Dhabi School of Government, AXA, Novartis, Coursera Co-Founder Andrew Ng, and many more. Throughout the…
What’s new on Coursera for Business – February and March 2019

What’s new on Coursera for Business – February and March 2019

We launched 97 new courses in February and March of this year, including 13 courses in Arabic, 10 in Spanish, and 11 in Russian. Here are our top ten courses in English from the past two months: AI For Everyone, deeplearning.ai – AI is not only for engineers. If you want your organization to become…
Introducing the Coursera Global Skills Index

Introducing the Coursera Global Skills Index

By Emily Glassberg Sands, Head of Data Science, Coursera Today marks the release of the inaugural Coursera Global Skills Index (GSI), an in-depth look at skill trends and performance around the world, made possible by the millions of learners who come to Coursera to learn and grow. Skills are the foundation of human productivity and…
“AI for Everyone”: new course from deeplearning.ai now available on Coursera

“AI for Everyone”: new course from deeplearning.ai now available on Coursera

Dear Friends, I am excited to announce the newest course from deeplearning.ai, “AI for Everyone.” It is now available on Coursera. AI is not only for engineers. This non-technical course will help you understand technologies like machine learning and deep learning and spot opportunities to apply AI to problems in your own organization. You will…
Coursera for Business Expands into the Middle East

Coursera for Business Expands into the Middle East

The future of learning and the future of work are converging. At a time when globalization, technological advancements, and social networks are reshaping our lives, they are also causing a rate of change that is outpacing human adaptability. This is what inspired us to launch Coursera for Business in 2016 –  to partner with governments…
What’s new on Coursera for Business – January 2019

What’s new on Coursera for Business – January 2019

Anatomy: Musculoskeletal and Integumentary Systems University of Michigan Anatomy: Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Urinary Systems University of Michigan Anatomy: Human Neuroanatomy University of Michigan Anatomy: Gastrointestinal, Reproductive and Endocrine Systems University of Michigan Fundamentals of Immunology: Innate Immunity and B-Cell Function Rice University Fundamentals of Immunology: T Cells and Signaling Rice University Fundamentals of Immunology: Death…