Coursera Updates

By Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO Coursera Coursera reached an important milestone of 50 million registered learners this month. These learners come to Coursera from around the world to access a vast catalog of top-quality and stackable learning content from leading university and industry partners. We are also humbled by how thousands of learners are leaning on…

By Rich Jacquet, Chief People Officer Learn, change, and grow is our mindset at Coursera, and we take learning seriously. Employees have had free access to more than 3,600 courses and certificates on the platform since 2017 and have completed thousands of courses over the years — from the blockbuster AI for Everyone to A…

By Leah Belsky, Chief Enterprise Officer The double disruption of automation and the pandemic is rapidly reshaping labor markets globally. These forces have accelerated the Fourth Industrial Revolution in South Korea and around the world, and institutions are aligning their efforts to prepare workers for the digital economy.  The unemployment rates in South Korea reached…

By Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO Coursera In 2017, I came to Coursera for the same reason that has attracted over 100 million learners, 275 university and industry partners, and 7,000 institutions to our platform to date: a fundamental belief in the power of education. We’ve made substantial progress by embedding this belief within our mission and…

New recommendations empower universities across 49 EU member nations, and the US HE system, to award credit for job-relevant industry credentials By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer, Coursera Today, Coursera is pleased to announce that the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA) has certified 17 Professional Certificates from Meta, Microsoft, and IBM, with…

Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer, Coursera As countries in the Middle East prepare the next generation of talent for the modern workforce, equipping learners in the region with in-demand skills remains top priority. In response, I’m pleased to welcome three top-tier universities in the Middle East as Coursera partners. Al Faisal University, Jordan University of…

New recommendations empower universities across 49 EU member nations, and the US HE system, to award credit for job-relevant industry credentials By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer, Coursera Today, Coursera is pleased to announce that the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA) has certified 17 Professional Certificates from Meta, Microsoft, and IBM, with…

Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer, Coursera Coinciding with International Women’s Day, we are thrilled to announce that Coursera has joined forces with the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ten other partners to deliver a £20 million programme to improve girls’ access to education and employment in developing countries.  The UK’s first education partnership of…

Anthony Tattersall, Vice President of EMEA at Coursera With the pace of technology adoption accelerating, nearly 80% of business leaders believe building the right capabilities will be important to an organization’s long-term growth. We are seeing strong evidence of this among enterprises in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), as enterprises rapidly double down on…

By Anthony Tattersall, Vice-President for EMEA, Coursera The last two years have demonstrated the value of a highly-skilled public health workforce like never before. To equip the UK’s healthcare service with the skills needed to maintain a world-class level of care and meet future public health challenges, Coursera is excited to announce that it is…