Imperial College London Announces an Online Master’s Degree In Machine Learning on Coursera
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a capability siloed with tech giants. Businesses of all sizes can use AI and machine learning to drive innovation, increase operational efficiencies, improve customer service, and more. But according to a recent report, there are just 300,000 AI researchers and practitioners worldwide while there’s a market demand for millions…
How to Maximize Instructional Design to Bridge the Middle-Skills Gap
“Middle-skills” jobs –– those that “require more education and training than a high school diploma but less than a four-year college degree” –– continue to go unfilled while aspiring workers lack the training required to move into these jobs. Online education provides a valuable opportunity to bridge this skills gap, helping workers gain the skills…
Blockchain Revolution for the Enterprise: Coursera and INSEAD launch new Specialization taught by blockchain...
Blockchain is poised to reshape nearly every industry as companies work to increase security and anonymity, drive efficiencies, lower costs, and more. In fact, Gartner forecasts the market opportunity for blockchain to exceed $3.1 trillion between now and 2030, creating considerable demand for blockchain talent. But we don’t just need technical developers who can help…
Updates to Your Learning Experience on Coursera
At Coursera, we’re always working on making your learning experience more rewarding than ever. Our latest updates are designed to provide you with tools that help you make progress on-the-go and stay on track with your courses. New Updates on the Web Notes & Highlighting With this feature, you can highlight and save important parts…
Global Skills Index: Scholarship FAQ
According to the Coursera Global Skills Index, technology, business, and data skills are in high demand across every industry. To expand access to career-relevant learning, Coursera is offering a limited number of scholarships for tech, data, and business courses to learners in India and Mexico. These scholarships will allow learners to take a course aligned…
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…
How Praveen became a Data Scientist by using Coursera
2013 B.C. (Before Coursera) When I graduated from college, I joined iNautix in September 2013. During my time there, I trained on mainframes. I’m passionate about programming and loved working on hands-on projects, but I was not completely satisfied in my role. I kept reading about data science — one thing led to another. I…
How Online Education Is Increasing Gender Diversity in STEM
By Emily Glassberg Sands, Head of Data Science at Coursera in collaboration with Alan Hickey and Vinod Bakthavachalam, Senior Data Scientists at Coursera At Coursera, we strive to unlock life-transforming learning and credentials for anyone, anywhere. Seventy-five percent of high-school-aged girls say they are interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), yet only 28…
Biotechnologist Preps for Grad School with Specializations on Coursera
Mrinal is a biotechnologist pursuing his Master of Science in Systems Biology and Bioinformatics in Saint Petersburg, Russia. If I could describe the Systems Biology and Biotechnology Specialization in one sentence, it would be: “This course changed my life.” What I Learned I took a lot of courses on Coursera over the years, but one…
“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…













