Coursera launched 18 new courses

The online educational platform Coursera announced the launch of 18 new specializations covering a wide range of industries, including entrepreneurship, software and healthcare.



The leader in the Ed-Tech industry offers its users so-called “massive open online courses” (MOOCs). In January, Coursera was the first educational platform to offer its students a new kind of certified educational programs that allow them to study university courses and become professionals in a particular field.

Full list of new specializations:
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• Business Optimization, Financial and Operations, University of Illinois
• Digital Marketing, University of Illinois
• Cloud Computing, University of Illinois
• Data Mining, University of Illinois
• Interactive Design, University of California, San Diego
• Introduction to Project Management Principles, University of California
• Business Communications, University of California
• Practical management for a broad technical profile, University of California
• Management tools for a broad technical profile, University of California
• Entrepreneurship: launching an innovative business, University of Maryland
• Engineering Graphics, National Taiwan University
• Programming Basics and Algorithms, Peking University
• Sociology: methods and statistics, University of Amsterdam
• Perception, action and brain. Duke University
• Development Strategy for Professionals, Northwestern University
• User Experience and User Interface Design, Georgia State Institute of Technology
• Statics and dynamics: Funds in technology. Georgia Institute of Technology
• Healthcare Informatics & Data Analytics, Georgia State Institute of Technology

Coursera reported that more than 1.5 million students have participated in the new programs since launch. The platform started at one time with just 10 courses, among which, in particular, was the course “Programming mobile cloud applications with Android”.