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Coursera

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4.5
2025
Market Presence: Manager and Leadership Training, Digital Learning Content Providers

Overview

Product Information on Coursera

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Coursera?

Coursera is an online learning software that provides access to a range of courses, specializations, and degrees offered by universities and organizations. The software enables users to participate in video lectures, interactive assignments, and discussion forums across various subjects such as business, computer science, data science, and personal development. Coursera includes features for self-paced learning, progress tracking, assessments, and certification upon course completion. It addresses the business problem of upskilling and workforce development by offering educational resources aimed at enhancing knowledge and practical skills for individuals and organizations.

Coursera Pricing

Coursera is a software that offers a range of pricing models including free access to certain courses, individual course payments, and subscription options such as Coursera Plus which enables users to access multiple courses for a monthly or annual fee. Institutional pricing is available for businesses and universities, typically based on custom agreements.

Overall experience with Coursera

Ba
250M - 500M USD, Transportation
FAVORABLE

“Wide Range of Courses Available but Unregistering Process Remains Complicated”

5.0
Feb 5, 2026
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TRAVEL COUNSELOR
250M - 500M USD, Transportation
CRITICAL

“Coursera: A Promising Platform for Busy Professionals”

3.0
Dec 4, 2024
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Gartner Peer Insights recognizes vendors who meet or exceed both the market average Overall Experience and the market average User Interest and Adoption score through a Customers’ Choice distinction.
2025
For Market:
Manager and Leadership Training

About Company

Company Description

Updated 7th December 2023

Coursera, a platform initiated in 2012 by two Stanford Computer Science professors, Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, aims to offer universal access to premium education. With a rich open catalog of content and credentials provided through a partnership network extending to over 300 entities in academia and industry. The company offers a variety of educational paths encompassing individual courses, specializations, professional certificates, guided projects, and degree programs at both bachelor's and master's level. Institutions globally utilize Coursera's resources to ameliorate the skill sets of their employees, civilians, and students in burgeoning fields such as data science, technology, and business. In 2021, Coursera formalized its standing as a public benefit corporation and a B Corp under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2012
Head office location
Mountain View, United States
Number of employees
1001 - 5000
Website
http://www.coursera.org/jobs

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Coursera Reviews and Ratings

4.5

(93 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
58%
4 Star
33%
3 Star
9%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?
  • Ba
    50M-1B USD
    Transportation
    Review Source

    Wide Range of Courses Available but Unregistering Process Remains Complicated

    5.0
    Feb 5, 2026
    A huge variety of courses and topics. Easy to search for courses.
  • Ba
    50M-1B USD
    Transportation
    Review Source

    Wide Range of Courses Available but Unregistering Process Remains Complicated

    5.0
    Feb 5, 2026
    A huge variety of courses and topics. Easy to search for courses.
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Performance of Coursera Across Market Features

Coursera Likes & Dislikes

Like

It's easy to find courses. Easy to save courses you participate in. The mobile app is user friendly.

Like

It's easy to find courses. Easy to save courses you participate in. The mobile app is user friendly.

Like

It's easy to find courses. Easy to save courses you participate in. The mobile app is user friendly.

Dislike

i feel the platform could do more to personalize the learning paths

Dislike

i feel the platform could do more to personalize the learning paths

Dislike

i feel the platform could do more to personalize the learning paths

Reviewer Insights for: Coursera