Coursera offers 3800 free online courses

After the educational institutes across the world decided to close down to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and overcome the academic loss caused by the closure, Coursera made its full course catalog available to all the higher educational institutions in the US and across the world. The free online courses were announced on June 1, 2020.

According to a report published by Study International Staff, any undergraduate, graduate, or recently-graduated student can sign up to do any course for free.

Shravan Goli, Chief Product Officer of Coursera, said that currently, over one million tertiary-level students have turned to Coursera to continue their studies during the pandemic lockdown.

“Nearly 70% of the world’s students remain impacted by campus closures due to the coronavirus. Among them are hundreds of millions of students in colleges and universities around the world. While on-campus education is interrupted, learning must continue,” Goli said in a statement.

What can I study?

Coursera is offering free online courses on a wide range of topics. These include business, journalism, science, healthcare, and technology. By taking the online course, students will be able to upgrade their skills, and professionals will be able to boost their CVs. Students from across the world can sign up and continue their education via Coursera.

Coursera’s wide range of free online material has over 3,800 courses, 150 Guided Projects, 400 Specializations, and 11 Professional Certificates on the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform.

The experienced professors conduct the courses from the world’s top universities, including the University of Michigan, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, and others.

By taking the courses, you will not just receive a certificate, but that certificate can also be converted into a credit hour at your college or university. Moreover, you can sign up for several courses at the same time.

Deadlines

Coursera has allowed students and professionals to enroll in programs for free until July 31 and complete it by Sept. 30.

The recommended courses by Coursera are data analysis with Plotly and Python, app development in Android Studio with Java, and social media marketing with Canva.

How can I access Coursera free courses?

To sign up, all you need is a verified email. To get a certificate, you will have to pay a certain amount. Some courses ask for the payment on the submission of assignments.

You can get started at their official site. Best of Luck!