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| 17.12.2025 | Coursera announces acquisition of Udemy in AI education bid
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According to Reuters, Coursera will buy Udemy in an all-stock deal. Based on the closing prices o... |
| 31.01.2025 | Navigating the New Job Landscape: How AI is Reshaping Careers | The job market is evolving. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not just a buzzword; it’s a game-changer. It’s like a river, carving new paths through the landscape of employment. For many, this shift offers fresh opportunities. For others, it ... |
| 31.01.2025 | Cerebrum IQ Review: How AI Can Help in Changing Careers | Share
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Because of the proliferation of AI technologies, we have got new jobs for those of us who find it hard to get a job, and for them to gain initial work experience. AI skills are what employers want because of th... |
| 17.01.2019 | Coursera moves into healthcare education with 100 courses and 2 masters degrees | Coursera, the online learning startup valued at $850 million, has made its name primarily around its classes and degrees in information technology, data science and business. Now nearly seven years into its life, it’s tackling a new vertica... |
| 16.01.2018 | Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists | After a big fundraise and subsequent reorganization last year at Coursera — which saw a change of CEO, as well as the departure of its COO, CFO, CMO and CPO (along with some 40 others) — the online education startup is today launching a new... |
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| 25.08.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Coursera raises $49.5M to help it expand to Latin America, China, and India
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| 25.08.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 25.08.2015 | Coursera raises $49.5M to help it expand to Latin America, China, and India | Coursera wants to accelerate its global expansion, so it went out and raised some more cash. The online education service has raised $49.5 million in the first closing of its Series C round. The company expects to raise an additional $10.5 ... |
| 21.01.2014 | Coursera Launches An Online Vocational Mini-Credential Taught By Top Colleges | Online education juggernaut Coursera has unveiled its own version of a college credential. And, unlike traditional college, Coursera’s “Specialization” program track is less than $500, vocationally oriented, taught by faculty from top unive... |
| 10.12.2013 | Coursera debuts its iPhone app to bring you online education on the go | Coursera appears to be racing ahead of its competition in its quest to bring online education to your smartphone.
The Mountain View-based online education provider released its new iPhone app this morning. Coursera is the best known of the ... |
| 31.10.2013 | Coursera ‘Learning Hubs’ bring a social layer to online education | Online education is all the rage these days, with startups like Coursera and Udacity offering free and cheap courses from top universities to anyone with an Internet connection.
One of the greatest challenges facing these new education prov... |
| 13.08.2013 | So you want to be a venture capitalist? | This is a guest post by Campus London chief Eze Vidra
You’ve always wanted to be a VC. Maybe it’s the diversity of deals and the industry that attracts you. Maybe it sounds sexy. You are probably armed with a freshly minted MBA and some exp... |
| 10.07.2013 | Funding Daily: Family tracking, ed-tech, & Peanut butter jelly delivery time | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 10.07.2013 | Funding Daily: Family tracking, ed-tech, & Peanut butter jelly delivery time | In this slightly tardy edition of Funding Daily, we have six funding announcements from all corners of the tech industry.
It was a big day for education tech, with Coursera nabbing a large chunk of funding to bring its online education plat... |
| 10.07.2013 | Coursera nabs $43M to bring online education to emerging markets | Coursera today raised $43 million in funding to market online education to millions of students globally.
In the new wave of education technology, online education providers like Coursera are generating a great deal of hype. It’s not all th... |
| 14.05.2013 | New online course encourages students to cheat… for science | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Why do students cheat — and how are they getting ... |
| 14.05.2013 | New online course encourages students to cheat… for science | Why do students cheat — and how are they getting away with it?
One unintended use for massive open online courses, dubbed “MOOCs,” is to help professors better understand the mechanics of cheating in online learning.
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| 08.05.2013 | Coursera partners with publishers to bring digital textbooks to the masses | Coursera, the online course provider, is one of the fastest-growing startups that is transforming how we learn.
Today, the company announced a partnership with a fellow ed-tech startup, Chegg, and is striking deals with the largest publishe... |
| 01.05.2013 | U.S. Education Secretary’s stern challenge to entrepreneurs: ‘We have so far to go’ | BURLINGAME, Calif. — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan spoke frankly to a roomful of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors about the state of the nation’s education system.
At the NewSchools Summit this afternoon, the former head of... |
| 13.03.2013 | Online education gets legit: California bill would give college credit | A bill is under consideration in the Senate that would force California’s public colleges and universities to give credit for online courses.
It’s not clear whether it will pass, but the bill appears to have achieved a desired consequence a... |
| 13.03.2013 | Online education gets legit: California bill would give college credit | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
A bill is under consideration in the Senate that ... |
| 20.02.2013 | Coursera signs on 29 more schools to offer free online courses | Ed-tech startup Coursera has announced that 29 more schools will offer courses on its online platform, bringing its total to 62 schools.
This latest round of expansion clearly demonstrates that the interest in open access education is a ver... |
| 20.02.2013 | Coursera signs on 29 more schools to offer free online courses | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Ed-tech startup Coursera has announced that 29 mo... |
| 06.02.2013 | Five Coursera classes now approved for college credit | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
A big step forward for online education: Coursera... |
| 31.01.2013 | Coursera Wins “Best New Startup Of 2012,” Get Schooled | It seems as if, in our particular slice of time, many spheres of industry are coming to a breaking point; Will we be focused on marginal costs and continue doing things the old way, or chuck existing systems and focus on the new? Government... |
| 08.01.2013 | UC spends big to market its online courses — but reaches only one person | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 07.12.2012 | School’s out! Udemy nabs $12M to drive down the cost of higher ed | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Udemy, the online learning platform that offers v... |
| 30.10.2012 | To empower students, let’s bring interactive learning tools into the classroom | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
This is a guest post by Troy Williams, President ... |
| 30.10.2012 | To empower students, let’s bring interactive learning tools into the classroom | This is a guest post by Troy Williams, President of Macmillan New Ventures
The past five years have seen a tremendous boom in education technology (“ed-tech”) startups that are pushing the boundaries of online and hybrid content delivery an... |
| 03.10.2012 | Engineers are hard to come by! Here’s some ‘big data’ software to the rescue | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Sit down with execs from any tech company in Amer... |
| 03.10.2012 | Engineers are hard to come by! Here’s some ‘big data’ software to the rescue | Sit down with execs from any tech company in America and ask them about their biggest obstacle to growth. 99 times out of a 100, they’ll tell you about their ongoing struggle to find technical talent.
Software engineers are more elusive tha... |
| 18.09.2012 | BenchPrep, ‘Spotify for education’, offers classes and test prep for $30 a month | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
First music, and now online education. Inspired b... |
| 18.09.2012 | BenchPrep, ‘Spotify for education’, offers classes and test prep for $30 a month | First music, and now online education. Inspired by the success of Spotify, education technology startup, BenchPrep, has transformed into a subscription-based service.
Now, for $30 a month, you can access test prep (GRE, LSAT, SAT, and more)... |
| 04.09.2012 | Desire2learn pulls in $80M, the largest-ever VC investment in a Canadian software startup | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Ed-tech is on fire! Desire2Learn, a startup that ... |
| 04.09.2012 | Desire2learn pulls in $80M, the largest-ever VC investment in a Canadian software startup | Ed-tech is on fire! Desire2Learn, a startup that has bootstrapped for over a decade, has raised its first round of venture capital funding from New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and OMERS Ventures, the venture arm of one of Canada’s largest p... |
| 20.07.2012 | Can Anyone Catch Khan Academy? The Fate of the U in the YouTube Era | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Traditional American universities are suddenly running scared of the Internet, and for good reason. They successfully weathered the rise of online, open-enrollment degree prog... |
| 19.07.2012 | Edmodo exec: New $25M funding is just the beginning of spike for edtech | Edmodo‘s campaign to bring collaborative, social media tools to the classroom was bolstered today with a $25 million funding round led by new investor, New Enterprise Associate’s Tony Florence.
The digital education startup uses a social ne... |
| 17.07.2012 | 12 universities launch free online education for the world on Coursera | Coursera‘s founders may have realized their vision to bring free online education to the masses far sooner than expected.
Just three months after raising their first institutional funding round of $16 million, the Kleiner Perkins Caufield &... |
| 17.07.2012 |
Caltech Invests In Coursera
| The California Institute of Technology is backing, Coursera, a startup in the area of online education with an equity investment, plus the promise to put some of its courses online for free, in a deal worth $3.7M, the school announced this ... |
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