Coursera is a platform that provides high-quality online courses, with a wealth of learning resources and partner institutions, providing learners with flexible and diverse learning options and career development opportunities.
Website Introduction:
Coursera, a free, large, open, online course program founded by two computer science professors at Stanford University. Coursera aims to partner with the world's top universities to offer a wide range of online open courses online, is one of the three giants in the MOOC field and is currently the largest MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) platform in development.
Key features:
Abundant partner universities: Coursera's first batch of partner universities include Stanford University, University of Michigan, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania and other famous universities in the United States, and the cooperative universities are all over the world.
Wide range of courses: Coursera has nearly 500 courses from universities around the world, covering data science, business computer science, personal development, information technology, and other fields.
Career Certificates Available: In addition to the foundation courses, Coursera also offers professional certificate programs designed to support the career development of individuals and business people. These courses usually have a flexible learning pace and allow learners to complete the training in less than 6 months.
Practical Projects and Certificates: Professional certificate programs often include practical projects that allow learners to apply new skills in the real world. Upon completion of the course, learners can earn certificates from leading companies such as Google's Data Analytics Professional Certificate or IBM's Project Management Professional Certificate.
Flexible learning experience: Learners can choose courses at their own pace and interests, and can study while working full-time, with less than 10 hours of study per week.
Popular Courses:
There are many popular courses on Coursera, such as the "Science of Well-Being" course at Yale University, the "How to Learn: Practical Thinking Methods for Learning Difficult Subjects" course from Deep Teaching Solutions, and the "Programming for Beginners (Introduction to Python)" course at University of Michigan, among others.