General Information
- Best for
- Higher Education students, Professionals, General interest
- Subjects
- Sciences, Technology, Arts & Humanities, IT, Social Sciences, Business, Education
- Type of learning
- Academic & skill-based courses
- Course type
- Short video lectures, interactive quizzes, peer graded assessments
- Languages
- Courses in multiple languages
- Certification
- Yes
- Learning pathways
- Yes
- Mobile Apps
- iOS & Android
Coursera is the largest MOOC platform partnering with top universities and organizations to offer online courses for anyone to take. With the most diverse course selection of all the MOOC providers, Coursera currently has over 17 million students and 2,000+ courses from 146 partner institutions across 29 countries.
Coursera also offers a large number of specialization programs giving learners a depth of expertise in a subject through a series of related courses. Enrolment is usually subscription based and costs £37 a month which gives users unlimited access to all courses. However, learners can choose to audit individual courses free of charge gaining access to all the course materials except certificates and graded assignments.
The course format usually involves short video lectures, interactive quizzes, peer graded assessments, and connecting with fellow learners and instructors.
Coursera is a for-profit company founded by computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller from Stanford University.
Tools & Features
- 2,000+ free courses
- 146 partner institutions
- 17 million+ students
- Specializations: series of related courses designed to help you deepen your expertise in a subject.
- Capstone Projects: Every Specialization culminates with a unique capstone project or exam that allows students to apply what they’ve learned
- University credit transfer on some courses
- Site video tour
- Short video lectures, interactive quizzes, peer graded assessments
- Downloadable, pre-recorded videos (downloads don’t include quizzes)
- Guaranteed subtitles in a course's main language, and some classes offer subtitles in multiple languages
- User profiles
- Learning dashboard
- Forums where you can discuss course material with fellow learners and instructional staff
- Apps: iOS and Android
Course Info
- Course Cost
- Both Free & Paid Courses
- Skill Type
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- Academic
- Business Skills
- Technical Skills
- Language Skills
- Course Type
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- MOOCs
- Course Format
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- Scheduled
- On-Demand
- Course Language
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- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish
- Chinese
- Japanese
- Korean
- Vietnamese
- Turkish
- Credentials
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- ID Verified Certificates (Paid)
- University Credits
- Degrees
