Coursera taps on digital learning boom to fuel growth

Online learning has shown significant growth over the last decade, as the Internet and education combine to provide people with the opportunity to gain new skills. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, online learning has become more centric in people’s lives as schools, universities and companies have been forced to shut, thereby providing a boom for the usage of online learning. 

Research firms have forecasted the online education market to surpass USD350 billion by 2025, and this number is expected to grow at an exponential CAGR of over 21 percent from 2022 till 2025. 

To shed more light on the acceleration of online learning, including key trends and best practices in the e-learning space for 2022, we speak to Raghav Gupta, Managing Director Asia Pacific, at Coursera.

A renowned company with a vision of providing life-transforming learning experiences to learners around the world, Coursera is a global online learning platform that offers anyone, anywhere, access to online courses and degrees from leading universities and companies. To date, the e-learning firm boasts of having more than 90 million learners on its platform, is connected to 100+ Fortune 500 companies and with more than 6,000 campuses, businesses, and governments coming to Coursera to access world-class learning.

Listen in on the conversation with Raghav as he shares insights on:

• Coursera’s evolution from being a free online learning platform to where it is today.
• The organisation’s business model, its recent IPO and footprint in the Asia Pacific region.
• How the pandemic serves to accelerate Coursera’s  business growth.
• How the firm is addressing workplace talent skills gap in addition to supporting companies to reskill and upskill their workforce.
• Working with universities to curate bespoke courses and collaborating with countries to create nationwide learning impact.
• How Coursera leverages data for insights into what learners around the globe need and how it addresses these needs.
• Future plans for Coursera Asia Pacific.

Guest: Raghav Gupta, Managing Director Asia Pacific, at Coursera

Host: Brian Fernandez

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