2. Content of the Presentation
• What is Coursera
• Who made it & Partners
• Coursera Features
• Some statistics
• How to start
• Class website overview
• Coursera Certificates
3. What is Coursera
Coursera is an education company
started in 2012 working with the top
universities and organizations in the
world to offer courses online for
anyone to take, for free.
4. Who made it & Partners
Founded by Stanford University
Computer Science professors
Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng
5. Coursera Features
• Resource type: Open traditional university courses
(Knowledge)
• Time Commitment: 4-12 weeks/course
• Level of expertise: From freshmen to seasoned scholars
• Subject areas: Computer
science, humanities and
social sciences, mathematics
and statistics, healthcare and
medicine, economics and
finance, society and
networks.
7. How to start
• Create a login & password
• Begin by browsing all the courses
offered
• When you first register and login to
Coursera, click on the Courses link in
the top menu. You will come to a page
that lists all the classes available to
sign up for.
• about Coursera
8. Class website overview
• Syllabus
• Homework & assignments
• Quizzes
• Video lectures
• Discussion forum
14. Q & A
“Imagine a future where top university
professors in the country are teaching not
just hundreds of thousands of students but
hundreds of millions."