Coursera

Overview

Coursera Inc. is a prominent online education platform founded in 2012 by Stanford professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller. The company aims to provide universal access to high-quality learning and career development opportunities. Initially offering free courses from top universities, it has expanded its catalog to approximately 7,000 courses from over 350 universities and industry partners worldwide.

The platform offers a variety of educational services, including massive open online courses (MOOCs), specializations, fully online degree programs, and professional certificates. It also features solutions for organizations such as training and upskilling through Coursera for Business. Coursera became a Public Benefit Corporation in 2021 and has earned B Corporation certification. As of late 2024, it serves over 175 million registered learners and collaborates with more than 6,200 institutions globally.

Basic Information

Contact Details

• Phone: +1 650-963-9884
• Website: coursera.org
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/coursera

Key Focus Areas & Initiatives

• Internet and technology in education
• Computer software: prepackaged software
• E-learning providers
• Professional certificates
• Online research projects
• Online learning analytics
• Learning experience design
• AI-powered learning
• University degrees
• Corporate training solutions
• Virtual engineering courses
• Video lectures
• Remote healthcare training
• Digital health education
• Blended learning
• Peer discussion forums
• Virtual classrooms
• Learning platform and skill development
• Specialized online degrees
• Corporate upskilling
• Remote learning and digital learning
• Online social sciences programs
• Platform technology
• Digital transformation in education
• Remote teacher training
• Remote student engagement
• Degree programs and education services
• Industry-specific certificates
• Educational technology and executive education
• Virtual labs
• Online project management courses
• Micro-credentials
• University partnerships
• Online degree certification
• Remote workforce training
• Online degrees and virtual labs for science
• Interactive content and remote professional training
• Public sector training
• Digital credentials and online data science degrees
• Accredited universities
• Education for all
• Learning management system
• Online certification
• Scalable learning
• Virtual reality learning
• World-class education and learning personalization
• Online executive MBA
• Remote education and professional development
• Online education providers
• Adaptive learning systems
• Learning engagement tools
• Global education
• Education technology and cloud-based education
• Public education initiatives
• Massive open online courses
• Online education and online courses
• Education accessibility and enterprise learning
• Online education market and mooc platform
• Corporate training
• Lifelong learning
• Online arts and humanities courses
• Online education delivery and mobile learning
• E-learning platform
• Learning community and digital skills training
• Online leadership programs
• Online learning platform
• Education ecosystem and online education platform
• Digital literacy programs
• Global learners and education innovation
• Online language learning and gamified learning platforms
• Learning analytics
• Quizzes and assessments
• Remote certification exams
• Virtual internship programs
• Online legal education
• AI in education
• Universal access to education
• Interactive courses
• B2B, B2C, B2B2C, D2C models
• Government and public education services
• Colleges, universities, and professional schools
• Innovation, project management, data science
• Software engineering, digital marketing, and analytics
• Machine learning
• Information technology & services
• Computer software, education management
• Professional training & coaching
• Productivity and marketing & advertising
• Artificial intelligence

Technologies Used

• AI
• Amazon AWS
• Amazon CloudFront
• Amazon Elastic Load Balancer
• Amazon SES
• Atlassian Cloud
• Backbone JS Library
• Blazor
• Bootstrap Framework
• Cvent
• Data Analytics
• Drift
• Facebook Social Plugins
• Gauges
• Gmail
• Google Analytics
• Google Apps
• Google Font API
• Google Play
• Google Tag Manager
• Grafana
• Microsoft Office 365
• Mobile Friendly
• Nginx
• OneTrust
• Postmark
• Rackspace MailGun
• React
• React Native
• Remote
• Route 53
• Ruby On Rails
• Salesforce
• Sendgrid
• SparkPost
• Stripe
• The Trade Desk
• WordPress.org
• Xamarin
• YouTube
• iCIMS
• iTunes
• reCAPTCHA