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With schools and colleges shut and a job crisis in the wake of the pandemic, millions are flocking to online courses. In the seventh edition of Times Techies Webinars last week, Raghav Gupta, MD of India and Apac at Coursera, one of the leading global online learning platforms, spoke about the huge spike in uptake on the platform in the past few months and the current trends in online education in India. "Currently, there are over 80 lakh Indians using Coursera. In March and April this year, the usage of our platform in India went up by 1400% compared to the same period last year," said Raghav. Both students and working professionals are increasingly investing time in online training in order to keep up with skillset requirements. "There's a significant rise in the number of people taking job-relevant courses. It's because the competition is more than ever," Raghav noted. Popular online course topics"In the last few months, some of the key areas of content consumption on our … [Read more...] about Big rise in people taking job-relevant online courses

Online tutoring startup Zuoyebang said on Monday it raised $750 million in a fresh funding round, led by investment firms FountainVest Partners and Tiger Global Management, as the COVID-19 crisis spurs investor interest in education technology. The Chinese company said in a release that its series E funding round also attracted other investors, including SoftBank's Vision Fund, Qatar Investment Authority, Sequoia Capital China, Tiantu Capital and Xiang He Capital. Zuoyebang, which was founded by search engine giant Baidu in 2014 and spun off in 2015, says it has more than 50 million daily active users and over 12 million paid users. Its current investors include Goldman Sachs, Coatue Management and GGV Capital. Reuters reported earlier this month that the five-year-old company was in talks to raise $600-800 million in a new funding round, at a valuation of $6.5 billion prior to the investment. The fundraising comes as education technology, known as "edtech", is one of the few … [Read more...] about Chinese online tutor Zuoyebang raises $750 million in fresh round

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Online education platform Coursera has announced that college and university students can study online and get certificates for free. Current undergraduate, graduate, or recently graduated students with a verified school email can sign up to get free access to over 3,800 courses, 150 guided projects, 400 specialisations, and 11 Professional Certificates. Students can enroll for free until July 31 without any credit card requirement. Once enrolled, they will have to complete the course by September 30, 2020. After September 30, students will continue to have free access to Guided Projects. Coursera’s Guided Project develops job-relevant skills like data analysis with Plotly and Python, app development in Android Studio with Java, and social media marketing with Canva. “With an interactive experience, students can learn a new skill in under two hours with step-by-step guidance from a subject matter expert,” said Shravan Goli, chief product officer, Coursera. When it … [Read more...] about Coursera offers free certificate courses to college students in India