Coursera is the world’s largest online course provider. They have tied up with universities and academic institutes to join the Coursera platform which is focused on skilling talent. Several million students or learners are on the Coursera platform — at present they have 110 million learners globally, of which 17 million are from India. The US has 20 million learners. In India Coursera is growing by 34 per cent per year.

Many prestigious institutes have partnered with Coursera — IIT-B, IIIT-Bangalore, IISc, IIM-A, IIT- Roorkee, and BITS-Pilani. More than half the content users are from outside India.

A partnering university is called UP — university partner.

The UPs reach learners in several countries. Indian UPs reach learners in over 55 countries. ISB is one of the oldest UPs for Coursera.

Coursera coursed are used on campus. The online method popular during pandemic will continue even post-pandemic.

There are certificate courses and Coursera have tie-ups with Google, Meta, IBM and Tally to build on these certificate courses.

New Education Policy (NEP) puts stress on online education and multi-disciplinary studies. Coursera will be fulfilling a crucial role to further the objectives of NEP.

Coursera also gives full online degree courses. Companies tie-up with it to train their manpower. Even learners from smaller towns will benefit from Coursera courses.