MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning

In 2021, two of the biggest MOOC providers had an “exit” event. Coursera went public, while edX was acquired by the public company 2U for $800 million and lost its non-profit status.

Ten years ago, more than 300,000 learners were taking the three free Stanford courses that kicked off the modern MOOC movement. I was one of those learners and launched Class Central as a side-project to keep track of these MOOCs.

Now, a decade later, MOOCs have reached 220 million learners, excluding China where we don’t have as reliable data, . In 2021, providers launched over 3,100 courses and 500 microcredentials.

In March, Coursera went public on the NYSE, raising $519 million. Since then, its stock price has been steadily falling even though revenue has been increasing. The company is expected to bring in more than $400 million in revenue in 2021. But it has yet to turn a profit, and it is on track to lose well over $100 million.

By Shravan Goli, Chief Product Officer, Coursera  Today, the Live2Coursera app for Zoom is available for free download in the Zoom App Marketplace.

This afternoon, Coursera filed its S-1 paperwork, offering a first look at how the Mountain View, Calif.-based online education provider is faring a

On Wednesday, CampusLogic, a provider of financial aid software to colleges and universities, raised $120 million. With that investment came braggin

Looking to learn something new? Coursera shared with us a list of the most popular Coursera courses based on enrollment and completion rates.

The seven-year-old online education provider, based in Mountain View, California, announced this morning that it had raised an additional $103 million in funding.

Coursera, the leading MOOC platform, announced during its 2019 Partners Conference in London the launch of two more online degrees, both from the University of Colorado Boulder: a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MS-EE) and a Master of Science in Data Science (MS-DS). This brings the total number of degrees announced on Coursera’s platform to 14.

Discover how Coursera makes money, its different segments, revenue growth, margins, and more.

Ten years ago when two Stanford professors started Coursera, many of the big-name colleges the company partnered with offered few online courses. An

Well it's taken me over 3 and a half years, but I've finally completed another mooc. I use the term completed loosely, because while I consumed all the content, I didn't submit any of the assignments. In other words, I completed the course as far as my personal learning needs are concerned, while still feeding…

Unemployed workers are gaining free access to 3,800 courses created by elite universities and companies such as Amazon to learn skills and gain professional certificates for new job opportunities.

Coursera started with a mission to give the general public free access to courses from expensive colleges. Now it is selling all the course conten

Coursera started with a mission to give the general public free access to courses from expensive colleges. Now it is selling all the course conten

Here are courses from top professors on topics like finance, law, strategic planning and marketing.

Coursera used to be completely free. Now they make over $100+ million dollars every year. Here is how they did it.