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Gupta will lead Coursera’s regional operations, focusing on collaborations with governments, universities, and businesses to scale adoption of its AI-powered learning tools and job-relevant micro-credentials

From disruption to innovation: How Generative AI will transform education in 2024

The good news is, the same technology that created a massive disruption, is also offering new solutions to help Indians learn effectively and revolutionise access to education.

How to complete a course on Coursera? CEO and co-founder have tips

Andrew Ng emphasized the importance of exploring Coursera's extensive course catalog to find topics that resonate with individual interests.

I was cautioned that Byju’s would swallow us: Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda 

As the sector struggles amid the funding winter, Maggioncalda says Indian edtechs spread themselves too thin across the value chain, compared to Coursera that remained focussed on its core value proposition

Coursera to teach in Indian languages like Hindi as AI drives down translation cost by 500X

Translating a course used to cost $10,000 earlier, which is now $20 with AI, says Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda

AI needs to encourage students to think and not give away too much: Coursera's Jeff Maggioncalda

During the fireside chat at the Moneycontrol Startup Conclave, Maggioncalda discussed the capabilities of AI in education and if it is a boon or bane for education.

India will be Coursera’s largest global market by the end of 2023: India and APAC MD

Raghav Gupta said Coursera is piloting a jobs portal named Coursera Hiring Solutions. It is first getting tested in India before being taken global.

Grading, customer support, assessment: How Indian edtechs are using ChatGPT

ChatGPT offers the chance to learn much faster and more efficiently than ever before, but it can also lower one’s ability to write independently, and may impact startup job prospects.

Davos 2023: Coursera set to integrate ChatGPT into courses says CEO Jeff Maggioncalda

Coursera's chief also added that the feature is keeping him awake at night as he has been spending the last 45 days on the software.

Coursera CEO is taking an online course from this university

On Coursera’s India plans, Jeff Maggioncalda said that the company is working with universities across India to integrate career electives and industry certificates into on-campus learning programmes.

Early-stage funding in Indian ed-tech bucks global trend, jumps 2.5x in 2022

Contenders are scrambling as the ed-tech incumbents are fumbling. But will their performance be any better?

Kerala man earns 145 certificates from Yale, Princeton and Columbia during lockdown

Shafi Vikraman was attending 20 courses simultaneously, each ranging from two days to two months. He took up diverse subjects like medical, finance, robotics, artificial intelligence, forensics, blockchain, cryptocurrency, food and beverage management and psychology.

Future of work and learning are converging with pandemic-induced changes: Coursera CEO

Students are paying $1.9 trillion for higher education, while the corporate training market is $365 billion and getting bigger, which gives companies like Coursera Inc a great opportunity for rapid, long-term growth, the online learning platform’s Chief Executive Jeff Maggioncalda says.

Coursera to set up global operational centre in India, expand workforce and tie-ups

With 12.5 million registered users, India is the second-largest in terms of user-base for Coursera after the US. It has added 7.5 million people in India since January 2020

Future Wise | Is India catching up with the globe in online skilling?

In this episode of Future Wise, Moneycontrol's M Saraswathy talks to Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO, Coursera to find out the trends. Listen in for more.

Coursera files for IPO with US regulators: Report

According to Coursera, revenue for year ended December 31, 2020 was $293.5 million – a 59 percent jump, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to the previous year

Coursera to allow remote working till January 2022, offers $1,000 allowance for ‘office setup’

Employees will also receive $1,000 or the local equivalent in the UK, India, Canada, Bulgaria, and the UAE to create a productive home environment.

Coursera launches CourseMatch, tool offers seamless experience for students and educational institutes

CourseMatch is a machine learning solution that takes an institute’s on-campus course catalogue and matches each course to the most relevant courses in Coursera’s catalogue of 3,800 courses.

India to be key in Coursera's plan to enrol 100 million learners by 2022

Shravan Goli, Chief Product Officer and Head of Consumer Revenue, Coursera (Global), said they have added more than a million learners till November.

Reskilling for future tech, one online degree at a time

Most course providers pointed out that artificial intelligence or AI courses were the most sought-after online.

Not just IT, online education firm Coursera sees demand in banking and telecom sectors

India is its second largest market in terms of learner numbers and revenue, with 3 million learners, or people who sign up on Coursera for courses

Coursera raises whopping $64 million in Series-D funding

Overtaking China, Coursera has 1.7 million users in India to become its second-largest market after the United States

Apple's educational app iTunes U records more than 1 bn downloads

Apple today announced that its free educational content app, iTunes U, has crossed a billion downloads. iTunes U features a large online catalogue of...

Online learning now official, five Coursera courses get ACE approval

The American Council on Educations College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT) has evaluated and recommended college credit for five courses on Coursera.

Get a degree online

Thanks to the online courses, you can now pick up a new skill that you always wanted to learn or add a certificate from a prestigious university abroad to your repertoire, which otherwise would be a difficult task.