Welcoming Dr. Betty Vandenbosch as our new Chief Content Officer
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…
Coursera Launches New Employee Benefit to Cover the Full Cost of Master’s Degrees
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…
Ready for retention: Presenting a unified note-taking experience
Ken Sun, Director of Product Management, Coursera What did you learn in your last course on Coursera? What were the important concepts presented each week? Could you draw one graph the instructor used? If recalling these facts feels tough, you’re not alone. Humans tend to lose 40% of information within the first 24 hours after…
Coursera Introduces Hands-On Learning with Coursera Labs
By Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO Coursera August 28, 2019: At Coursera, we envision a world where anyone, anywhere can have access to the world’s best education, and we’re proud of how far we’ve come with over 3,600 courses, 190 top university and industry partners, and 14 degrees. But our work doesn’t stop there. In today’s rapidly…
