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Coursera is an American online education platform founded in 2012 by Stanford professors that partners with universities and organizations to provide courses, certifications, and degrees to students worldwide. It matters because it has made higher education and professional training more accessible by offering these programs online at scale, transforming from a free course provider into a for-profit institution offering both free and paid educational credentials.
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- Website.name
- Coursera Inc.
- Website.logo
- Coursera logo (2020).svg
- Website.collapsible
- yes
- Website.screenshot
- Coursera homepage.png
- Website.caption
- Coursera's homepage in March 2020
- Website.location
- Mountain View, California, U.S.
- Website.commercial
- Yes
- Website.type
- Online education
- Website.company_type
- Public
- Website.num_employees
- 1,300 (2024)
- Website.registration
- Required
- Website.language
- Multilingual (40)
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