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Coursera is an American online education platform founded in 2012 by Stanford professors that partners with universities and organizations to provide courses, certifications, and degrees to students worldwide. It matters because it has made higher education and professional training more accessible by offering these programs online at scale, transforming from a free course provider into a for-profit institution offering both free and paid educational credentials.
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- Website.name
- Coursera Inc.
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- Coursera logo (2020).svg
- Website.collapsible
- yes
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- Coursera homepage.png
- Website.caption
- Coursera's homepage in March 2020
- Website.location
- Mountain View, California, U.S.
- Website.commercial
- Yes
- Website.type
- Online education
- Website.company_type
- Public
- Website.num_employees
- 1,300 (2024)
- Website.registration
- Required
- Website.language
- Multilingual (40)
Article · 日本語
コーセラ（英名：Coursera）は、スタンフォード大学コンピュータサイエンス教授Andrew NgとDaphne Kollerによって創立された教育技術の営利団体である。世界中の多くの大学と協力し、それらの大学のコースのいくつかを無償でオンライン上に提供している。2012年11月の時点で196カ国から1,900,241人もの生徒が一つ以上の授業に登録をした。（もっとも、Daphne Kollerとのインタビューによると、授業を最後まで受講したのは、数十万人のみで、修了率は7～9パーセントに留まった。）
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