Company Updates

Coursera, an online learning startup that offers free and paid short courses, skills certifications and complete degrees in partnership with universities and businesses, has raised another $103 million to scale out its business into new geographies, subject areas and products - a Series E led...

The future of work conversation, catalyzed by the rapid advancement of technologies like machine learning and blockchain, and demand for skills in these areas, has dominated headlines in 2018. Rightfully so, these areas are seeing enormous demand from our 37 million global learners. Upon examination of our learner data, a few interesting trends are emerging.

By Shravan Goli, Chief Product Officer, Coursera In a world where 50% of the jobs are at the risk of automation, and more than 300M people entering the workforce in the next 10 years, Coursera's goal is to provide learners with access to high-quality content and skills that enable them to make a smooth transition into whatever is next - whether it's to learn something new, bone up on the skills for a new job or to enter a new industry altogether.

Earlier this month, we carved out time from our day jobs and doubled down on our value of Betterment to focus on employee-driven projects to improve Coursera: in other words, we ran our eleventh Make-a-Thon! Throughout this week-long event, we work diligently to brainstorm innovative solutions and learn new skills to make our projects a reality.

itting in a fluorescently lit conference room dressed in a pressed gray work shirt, jeans and gray suede sneakers, Jeff Maggioncalda, the tightly wound 49-year-old CEO of Coursera, doesn't touch his plate of plain spaghetti, edamame and artichoke hearts from the company cafeteria. By the end of our hour-and-a-half lunch meeting, he is still talking nonstop.

Kim Caldbeck appointed as Chief Marketing Officer and Leah Belsky to lead Enterprise Solutions. Coursera's growth and success has been fueled by the commitment and hard work of our exceptionally talented team who show up every day to help further our mission in the world.

In the last couple of weeks, Coursera celebrated two incredible milestones - our sixth birthday and the tenth rendition of a company-wide event dubbed the Make-a-thon! Over the course of a week, people from across the company (and in some cases, from across the globe!)

As part of the What initially sparked your interested in neuroscience? Meet the Courserians What was your path to Coursera? blog series, we caught up with Janani Subramanian, Product Manager at Coursera. Before her role as a PM, Janani studied neuroscience and spent two and a half years on the Coursera Teaching and Learning team.