COURSERA

En.Mohammad Al Alyan

Content of the Presentation

• What is Coursera

• Who made it & Partners

• Coursera Features

• Some statistics

• How to start

• Class website overview

• Coursera Certificates

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.

Who made it & Partners

Founded by Stanford University Computer Science professors Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng

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.

Some statistics

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

Class website overview

• Syllabus

• Homework & assignments

• Quizzes

• Video lectures

• Discussion forum

Coursera Video Tour

Coursera Certificate

How Signature Track works

How Signature Track works

How Signature Track works

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."