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Announcements

Jun 4, 2025

Presenting Coursera’s 2025 Global Skills Report: the skills trends shaping the future of education and employment

Jun 2, 2025

Welcoming Patrick Supanc as Coursera’s New Chief Product Officer

May 29, 2025

1 million graduates: The real-world impact of Google Career Certificates

Apr 29, 2025

New Coursera report shows strong employer and student ROI for industry micro-credentials: higher starting salaries, greater work-readiness, reduced training costs

Apr 14, 2025

Coursera Launches AI-Dubbed Courses in Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, and German

Apr 3, 2025

From Catalog to Compass: Introducing Personalized Recommendations to Guide Career Growth

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Insights

Closing the Gender Gap in GenAI Skills (2025)

Closing the Gender Gap in GenAI Skills (2025)

This playbook explores the latest research on GenAI learning barriers and provides a strategic framework government leaders, educators, and business leaders can implement to foster greater inclusivity in GenAI learning.

2025 Global Skills Report

2025 Global Skills Report

Discover the critical skills people need to thrive in a changing world. Explore insights drawn from 170M+ Coursera learners and key economic indices.

2025 Micro-Credentials Impact Report

2025 Micro-Credentials Impact Report

Get exclusive insights on how industry-aligned micro- credentials are bridging skill gaps, driving career outcomes, and building a future-ready workforce—with data from 2,000+ students and employers across six regions.

Drivers of Success in Guided Projects (2023)

Drivers of Success in Guided Projects (2023)

The Drivers of Success in Guided Projects Report, by the Teaching & Learning and Data Science teams, analyzes behavior and sentiment from more than 480,000 learners interacting with Guided Projects to identify what factors drive completion and satisfaction, creating more effective hands-on activities for learners.

Coursera in the News

Jan 10, 2023

Skills-gap crisis: 4 ways the public and private sectors can join forces to reskill workforces at scale

World Economic Forum

Nov 3, 2022

Coursera for campus looks at an opportunity of 75 million Indian learners

The Hindu Business Line

Oct 25, 2022

These 19 brands are helping people sharpen their minds, look good, and improve their health

Fast Company

Oct 10, 2022

Fortune Change the World – Coursera #24

Fortune

Sep 27, 2022

New Coursera Survey: Industry Certificates Hold Strong Appeal For College Students And Employers

Forbes

Aug 30, 2022

Edtech Series: Innovation in Learning

Bloomberg Technology

Fortune Jan 11, 2024

Built by a CEO for CEOs: Coursera launches generative AI playbook course

BBC Jan 19, 2023

‘I Quit My Job Rather Than Go Back to the Office’

CNBC-TV 18 Jan 18, 2023

Davos 2023 | ChatGPT is revolutionary, it’s going to change education, says Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda

Forbes Dec 21, 2022

How Online Learning Can Prepare You For A Career Change

Peru.21 Dec 3, 2022

UPC and Coursera: New Agreement Will Benefit 50 Thousand Students and Graduates in the Next Three Years

La Republica Nov 29, 2022

BNP Paribas Cardif Strengthens Its Alliance With Coursera to Promote Digital Education

El Norte Nov 15, 2022

Women Dominate Virtual Education in Mexico

The Peninsula Nov 1, 2022

Qatari Learners on Coursera at 100K, Growth Rate at 28% YoY: CEO

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