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Helping governments respond to the unemployment crisis caused by the coronavirus

Helping governments respond to the unemployment crisis caused by the coronavirus

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By Leah Belsky, Chief Enterprise Officer and Kevin Mills, Head of Government Partnerships As businesses across sectors lay off workers due to an abrupt economic slowdown, the world faces the biggest unemployment crisis in the modern era. The pandemic has affected the livelihoods of 2.7 billion workers globally. In the U.S. alone, jobless claims have…
A software engineer’s review of Coursera

A software engineer’s review of Coursera

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Emmanuel is a recent graduate from Berea College who works at Morgan Stanley as a software engineer. In his own words, he shares how Coursera sparked his love of learning. My learning journey with Coursera has been a long and fruitful one. It consisted of hours spent trying to figure out Andrew Ng’s labs, redoing…
Introducing New Tools and Features as Demand for Online Learning Grows

Introducing New Tools and Features as Demand for Online Learning Grows

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By Shravan Goli, Chief Product Officer Learners around the world are turning to online learning at this particularly challenging time. Overnight, universities have switched to remote teaching in order to provide academic continuity to their students. In the past month, 5.9 million learners enrolled in courses on Coursera and nearly 2,700 institutions launched Coursera for…
Launching New Content As More Learners Move Online: 2 Degrees, 8 MasterTracks, and 100 Guided Projects

Launching New Content As More Learners Move Online: 2 Degrees, 8 MasterTracks, and 100...

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By Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO Coursera The profound impact of COVID-19 has forced us to rethink many aspects of our lives. Overnight, the global education system had to find ways to mitigate the impact of more than 1.5 billion students seeing their campuses closed. Since then, it has been heartwarming to witness the heroic efforts of…
Coursera launches CourseMatch: A machine learning solution that automatically matches a University’s on-campus courses to courses on Coursera

Coursera launches CourseMatch: A machine learning solution that automatically matches a University’s on-campus courses...

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By Emily Glassberg Sands, VP of Data Science at Coursera, and Marianne Sorba, Data Scientist at Coursera Since we launched the Coronavirus Response Initiative on March 12, more than 2,600  colleges and universities around the world have activated Coursera for Campus programs to take learning online and minimize student disruption. We’re humbled by the global…
Latest online courses in data science, tech, and health in 2020

Latest online courses in data science, tech, and health in 2020

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With new courses launching every week, there’s always something to explore. These new courses cover everything from using TensorFlow to deploy machine learning models to the tools public health experts use to mitigate the spread of infectious diseases. What will you learn next?  Data Science TensorFlow: Data and Deployment Specialization by deeplearning.ai  Industries all around…
What’s new on Coursera for Business – March 2020

What’s new on Coursera for Business – March 2020

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By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant As our Chief Enterprise Officer Leah Belsky wrote to many of our customers last week, the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) has profoundly affected our work – and our lives. At Coursera, we’re grateful for the opportunity we have to continue to serve businesses, universities, and governments during this…
Coursera’s Commitment to Learning: How We Support Skill Development

Coursera’s Commitment to Learning: How We Support Skill Development

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By Kara Behnke and Alexandra Urban, Teaching & Learning Team We at Coursera care deeply about helping learners everywhere gain the skills needed to reach their goals. Whether an open course, a guided project, or an entire Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program, content on Coursera includes tight alignment from the learning objectives to the assessment…
Coursera in Toronto Engages the Local Tech Community

Coursera in Toronto Engages the Local Tech Community

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In early February, nearly 50 members of the Ladies Learning Code community joined us in our Toronto office for a two-part workshop on artificial intelligence. by Ashley Sutherland, Office Manager, Toronto As our team in Toronto grows, so does our mission to transform lives through learning. We were humbled recently to take that mission beyond…
Coursera para Todos: Aprendizaje gratuito en línea durante COVID-19

Coursera para Todos: Aprendizaje gratuito en línea durante COVID-19

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Por Giovanni Dubois, Christian Angulo, y Mario Chamorro – parte del equipo de Iberoamérica en Coursera Mientras cada uno de nosotros hemos sido impactados por el COVID-19, esperamos que puedan encontrar ánimos en la comunidad de Coursera. Queremos que sepan que no están solos, y estamos aquí para ayudarles en todo lo que podamos.  Durante…