Coursera

Coursera

89 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Coursera	Score 8.3 out of 10	N/A	Coursera is an online catalog of learning content, available to businesses to help them to strengthen critical skills, Develop, retain, and advance critical talent, or use role-based assessments to identify skills gaps and advancement opportunities.	$399 per year per user

Pricing

Coursera

Editions & Modules

Coursera for Teams: $399
per year per user (for less than 125 employees)
Coursera for Business: Contact Sales

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Coursera
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Coursera
Considered Both Products	Coursera Verified User Manager Chose Coursera We use the Coursera platform to upskill and upgrade our employees with the wide range and variety of courses available on the platform, based on their requirements and per individual's case basis effectively. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Coursera Many other LMS systems, including Blackboard, and Canvas, have been examined or utilized by us in the past. Each has advantages and disadvantages, but I believe Coursera is an attractive option for any company because of its well-known brand and global presence of high-level … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Coursera We've looked at or used many different LMS platforms including Blackboard, Learnshare, Canvas, Cornerstone, SABA, and many others. Each has its pros & cons but I feel Coursera given its brand recognition and built-in following it's a great value for any organization. I would … Incentivized Helpful? Oleksandr Torlo Chief Technology Officer Chose Coursera Coursera certainly has the best content for courses of interest to our organization. Incentivized Helpful? Alejandro Matheu, MD, MBA Chairman of the School Organizational Team at Paradise Professional Delelopment School and Digital Marketing Manager at Hospital Herrera Llerandi Chose Coursera Coursera has a wider variety of courses and more institutions as partners. The certifications Coursera gives, have more value than other brands. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Coursera I like Coursera because it has lots of high quality contents I can use. I learn a lot from the professors from the top universities in the world. Coursera also has generous policy of financial aids. I am thankful for that policy that makes my learning on Coursera more reachable. Incentivized Helpful? Rei Shinozuka, CFA®, FRM® Director Asset Liability Modeling & Strategy, Office of CFO Chose Coursera Coursera has been the only tool of its kind I've used intensively. I've seen video lectures from other learning providers and while they can be effective, what makes Coursera special to me is its interactivity and creative ways to allow the student to solve problems and gain … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose Coursera Edx, safari, Lidia, etc Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose Coursera I like Coursera much better than Udemy. The user interface of Coursera is much better. I also feel the content of Coursera is little bit better than udemy. Incentivized Helpful? Donovon Carter DevOps Engineer Chose Coursera I think Coursera has the best overall interface. I think you will find that different platforms go in different directions, and have different specialities. For the most part the differences are more in the types of courses they offer than one being particularly better than the … Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Starodubtsev Freelance Web Developer Chose Coursera Coursera has wide range of disciplines and some subjects other MOOC platforms do not have. I am using Coursera along with other online educational platforms and courses to arrange courses on a complex schedule. Coursera has a free option (free listener) where students are able … Incentivized Helpful? Ilia Tarasov Architectural Consultant Chose Coursera There is a Mentor Course, for those chosen that have been good at some courses. You can find almost everything (talking about courses), of lots of topics and categories. It's simply amazing. You can learn a lot, even if you don't pay for the certificate. Incentivized Helpful? Nic Klopper Director Chose Coursera Obviously, Coursera lacks some of the formal credentials that a college or university degree offers. It also has limitations when it comes to a broad scope curated academic course that a university degree offers. However, it does afford users who couldn't afford a full-on … Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Well organized Pro Professional development Pro Business environment
Top Cons	Minus Mobile app Minus Slow to load Minus Discussion forums

Features

Coursera

Learning Management

Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
	Coursera 7.6 5 Ratings 9% below category average
Course authoring	7.05 Ratings
Course catalog or library	8.05 Ratings
Player/Portal	7.05 Ratings
Learning content	7.05 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications	6.05 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics	7.04 Ratings
Social learning	8.05 Ratings
Gamification	7.01 Ratings

eLearning Content

Comparison of eLearning Content features of Product A and Product B
	Coursera 7.2 1 Ratings 12% below category average
Multi-Lingual Support	7.01 Ratings
Structured Learning	8.01 Ratings
Course Searches	7.01 Ratings
Historical Metrics	8.01 Ratings
Cloud-Based Content	6.01 Ratings
Automation & Integration	7.01 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Coursera
Likelihood to Recommend	7.6 (18 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (2 ratings)
Usability	7.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (2 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Coursera
Likelihood to Recommend	Coursera The Coursera platform can be a useful part of your overall learning content portfolio if utilized correctly. It's fantastic for asynchronous courses that don't necessarily need a dedicated faculty member (though I'd highly recommend at least having some discussion moderators/student workers) and for offering MOOCs. The ability for the learners to contribute translations really makes it ideal for the international learning community - I am always amazed to see a course we launched with 2-3 languages to quickly have 10-12 more added. This feature really helps expand the audience reach and Coursera has such a large following already that it can grow seemingly overnight. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Coursera Interaction: the student learns by doing. For programming courses, this means programming! Assessments: the courses I'd taken ask students to grade each others work with a rubric. This is hugely effective and permits tests and quizzes to be other than multiple choice. Creativity and enthusiasm of the instructors. Some of the approaches demonstrated real out-of-the-box thinking by the instructors. For example, the Rice Python course was a self-contained website requiring no installation of IDE on one's computer, and the final project was a working version of Asteroids. Low cost of entry: most of the course I enrolled in were free, with an optional fee for certifications. This really gives people the freedom to explore learning. It's almost like a Public Library of Learning. Coursera forces a weekly discipline on the user with lectures and assignments and this really motivates one to put in the effort. Incentivized Rei Shinozuka, CFA®, FRM® Director Asset Liability Modeling & Strategy, Office of CFO Read full review
Cons	Coursera Some of the courses (very few) have some old information (more than 2 years), and in some areas like technology the information has to be very new and updated. Some professors or people doing videos are not good in front of the camera, they should train their people a little bit more for those things. Incentivized Alejandro Matheu, MD, MBA, MSc in Digital Marketing Chairman of the School Organizational Team at Paradise Professional Delelopment School and Digital Marketing Manager at Hospital Herrera Llerandi Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Coursera Constantly renewing already. One of my favourite MOOC platforms. Incentivized Andrew Starodubtsev Freelance Web Developer Read full review
Usability	Coursera We use the Coursera platform to upskill and upgrade our employees with the wide range and variety of courses available on the platform, based on their requirements and per individual's case basis effectively. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	Coursera I’ve used it a couple of times and... that did great. They take their time, but in the end they solve your issues. Incentivized Alejandro Matheu, MD, MBA, MSc in Digital Marketing Chairman of the School Organizational Team at Paradise Professional Delelopment School and Digital Marketing Manager at Hospital Herrera Llerandi Read full review
Implementation Rating	Coursera Coursera is familiar, intuitive, compatible and easy to use and implement. Incentivized Andrew Starodubtsev Freelance Web Developer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Coursera I think Coursera has the best overall interface. I think you will find that different platforms go in different directions, and have different specialities. For the most part the differences are more in the types of courses they offer than one being particularly better than the other, so it comes down to content for me. Incentivized Donovon Carter DevOps Engineer Read full review
Return on Investment	Coursera The greatest benefit of Coursera is access to quality courses on various subjects that you can either browse or dive in deeply. Customizable, flexible and accessible. Helps our department to recommend trainees courses on this website and gain important knowledge. Also, the courses are provided by big-name universities which helps students in their careers Developing and exploring professional skills. Incentivized Ilia Tarasov Architectural Consultant Read full review
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