History
Coursera was founded in 2012 by two Stanford Computer Science professors who wanted to share their knowledge and skills with the world. Professors Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng put their courses online for anyone to take – and taught more learners in a few months than they could have in an entire lifetime in the classroom.
Education
- Every course on Coursera is taught by top instructors from the world’s best universities and educational institutions.
- If you want to master a specific career skill, consider joining a Specialization. You’ll complete a series of rigorous courses, tackle hands-on projects based on real business challenges, and earn a Specialization Certificate to share with your professional network and potential employers.
- Real career transformation sometimes requires a university-recognized degree.Coursera believes that transformation should be accessible to everyone, so we’ve worked with our university partners to offer flexible, affordable online degree programs in business, computer science, and data science.
Short Courses
Business & Management (27)
- Specialization Blockchain
- Specialization Career Success
- Certificate Career Success Project
- Certificate Collegiate Esports and Career Planning
- Certificate Communication in the 21st Century Workplace
- Specialization Conflict Management
- Specialization Corporate Communications
- Specialization Database Design and Operational Business Intelligence
- Specialization E-Marketing
- Certificate Effective Problem-Solving and Decision-Making
- Certificate Esports Management Capstone Project
- Specialization Essential English for Business Professionals
- Certificate Finance for Non-Financial Professionals
- Certificate Fundamentals of Management
- Certificate High-Impact Business Writing
- Specialization Introduction to Business
- Specialization Introduction to Cybersecurity and Risk Management
- Specialization Introduction to Financial Accounting - The Accounting Cycle
- Specialization Leverage Data Science for a More Agile Supply Chain
- Certificate Project Management
- Certificate Project Management - The Basics for Success
- Specialization Project Management Principles and Practices
- Specialization Project Management and Other Tools for Career Development
- Certificate The Art of Negotiation
Humanities (17)
- Certificate Consonants of American English Pronunciation
- Specialization Essential English for Business Professionals
- Specialization Essential English for University Success
- Certificate High-Impact Business Writing
- Specialization IELTS Preparation
- Specialization Learn English - Advanced Academic Speaking and Listening
- Specialization Learn English - Advanced Grammar and Punctuation
- Specialization Learn English - Beginning Grammar
- Specialization Learn English - Intermediate Grammar
- Specialization Learn English - Writing Effectively with Complex Sentences
- Certificate Relativism
- Certificate Skepticism
- Specialization TOEFL Preparation
- Certificate The Music of American English Pronunciation
- Specialization The Pronunciation of American English
- Certificate The Pronunciation of American English Project
- Certificate Vowels of American English Pronunciation
Computer Science & IT (16)
- Specialization An Introduction to Programming the Internet of Things (IOT)
- Certificate Collegiate Esports and Career Planning
- Specialization Data Science Fundamentals
- Specialization Database Design and Operational Business Intelligence
- Specialization Esports
- Certificate Esports Management Capstone Project
- Certificate Esports Teams and Professional Players
- Certificate Game Developers and Esports Organizations
- Specialization Interviewing for DS or AI Roles
- Specialization Introduction to Computer Information Systems
- Specialization Introduction to Cybersecurity and Risk Management
- Specialization Leverage Data Science for a More Agile Supply Chain
- Specialization Programming with Google Go
- Specialization Salesforce Fundamentals
- Specialization Use Tableau for Your Data Science Workflow
- Specialization iOS Development for Creative Entrepreneurs
Social Sciences (8)
- Certificate Communication in the 21st Century Workplace
- Specialization Conflict Management
- Certificate Consonants of American English Pronunciation
- Certificate The Music of American English Pronunciation
- Specialization The Pronunciation of American English
- Certificate The Pronunciation of American English Project
- Certificate Vowels of American English Pronunciation
Education & Training (7)
- Specialization Academic English - Writing
- Specialization Essential English for University Success
- Specialization IELTS Preparation
- Specialization Learn English - Advanced Academic Speaking and Listening
- Specialization Learn English - Writing Effectively with Complex Sentences
- Specialization Teach English - Intermediate Grammar
- Specialization Virtual Teacher
Engineering & Technology (1)
- Specialization An Introduction to Programming the Internet of Things (IOT)