New Delhi, Sep 8, 2016 – Coursera, the global leader in online education and learning, today announced the launch of Coursera for Business, the company’s enterprise platform. Coursera for Business enables companies to utilize Coursera’s learning content, created by 145 world-renowned universities and other institutions, to help address the rapidly evolving training and development needs of their businesses. Coursera has signed up leading companies including L’Oreal, Axis Bank, and Boston Consulting Group across key markets in the US, Europe, and Asia as its first customers. The launch marks Coursera’s entry into the multi-billion dollar global corporate online learning market, which is growing at the rate of over 10 percent a year.
“Coursera was founded to help transform lives through access to high quality learning experiences, and we’ve seen extraordinary success in supporting people’s career goals. We recognize that one of the best ways we can scale the impact of Coursera and our university partners is by working with the organizations that share the vision of equipping their employees with the knowledge and skills to excel in their careers,” said Rick Levin, Coursera’s CEO. “Employers in India recognize that in today’s workplace, industry-specific skills can go from relevant to obsolete within months. With Coursera for Business, we’re leveraging our success in supporting learning goals at scale to meet organizational objectives and to help businesses attract and retain top talent.”
Coursera for Business builds on Coursera’s offering for individuals to give businesses a solution that meets corporate learning challenges such as the rapid pace of change across industries, workforce scale and reach, and business skills alignment.
Coursera for Business offers:
For more information coursera.org/enterprise.