Are you passionate about climate change? Would you like to learn how to address and respond to this challenge? If so, you’re in luck—the University of Michigan recently launched a unique course, designed by a team of students, faculty, and learning specialists, called Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action. This course…

Maya Adam, M.D. is a lecturer at Stanford University School of Medicine and instructor of a new course, Health Across the Gender Spectrum, on Coursera. Through a series of illustrated personal stories, Health Across the Gender Spectrum explores a wide variety of health issues faced by transgender children. She recently published Five Things That Can…

By Dr. Barbara Oakley, Ramón y Cajal Distinguished Scholar of Global Digital Learning at McMaster University Three years ago, I was in our impromptu basement studio, staring at my husband (the man behind the camera) as we worked our way through production of the online course Learning How to Learn. I couldn’t help but wonder—Will…

Are you applying to college this year - or are you the friend, parent, or teacher of a student who will be submitting applications soon? This week, the University of Pennsylvania launched an innovative new course designed just for you. It’s called “How to Apply to College,” and it’s is designed to support students -…

In this Q&A, we are talking with Craig Wortmann, Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business about how strong sales strategies are changing businesses and key skills you will learn in his new course, Sales Strategies: Mastering the Selling Process: Why is it important to learn about sales? Sales…

Whatever you envision for the next step in your career - expanding your job scope, pursuing a leadership role, or moving into a new industry - we want to help you get started. That’s why we’re adding more career-relevant content to the Coursera catalog, including courses and Specializations in new areas like startup valuation, marketing…