Coursera Announces Top Online Learning Trends for Brazil in 2019

Trends from two million Brazilian learners on Coursera show demand for business and technology skills; Courses from Universidade de São Paulo and Insper dominate 2019’s top ten list

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--()--Coursera, the world’s leading online learning platform, today announced 2019’s most popular courses for Brazilian and global learners. Brazil’s more than two million learners flocked to business and tech courses on Coursera from globally-ranked Brazilian universities like Universidade de São Paulo and Insper.

“Online learning has the power to give anyone, anywhere the opportunity to learn new skills,” said Dil Sidhu, Chief Content Officer at Coursera. “Brazil is one of our top markets and their learners’ enthusiasm for business and tech courses illustrates a broader need for citizens to equip themselves with the necessary skills to remain competitive amid the Fourth Industrial Revolution.”

Coursera currently has five Brazilian partners, while more than 30 organizations in the country use Coursera for Business to upskill their employees.

Brazil’s most popular courses in 2019, measured by enrollments, include:

  1. Introdução à Ciência da Computação com Python Parte 1 (Universidade de São Paulo)
  2. Marketing Digital (Universidade de São Paulo)
  3. Aprendendo a aprender: ferramentas mentais poderosas para ajudá-lo a dominar assuntos difíceis (McMaster University & University of California San Diego)
  4. Machine Learning (Stanford University)
  5. UX / UI: Fundamentos para o design de interface (Universidade de São Paulo)
  6. Administração Financeira (Insper)
  7. Introdução ao Marketing Analítico (Insper)
  8. Origens da Vida no Contexto Cósmico (Universidade de São Paulo)
  9. Criação de Startups: Como desenvolver negócios inovadores (Universidade de São Paulo)
  10. English for Career Development (University of Pennsylvania)

About Coursera

Coursera was founded by Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng with a vision of providing life-transforming learning experiences to anyone, anywhere. It is now one of the world’s largest online learning platform for higher education. More than 200 of the world’s top universities and industry educators partner with Coursera to offer courses, Specializations, certificates, and degrees that empower over 45 million learners around the world to achieve their career goals. 2,000 companies trust the company’s enterprise platform Coursera for Business to transform their talent. Coursera for Government equips government employees and citizens with in-demand skills to build a competitive workforce. Coursera is backed by investors that include Kleiner Perkins, New Enterprise Associates, GSV Capital, Learn Capital, and SEEK Group.

Contacts

Andy Lutzky
courseraus@edelman.com

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Coursera Announces Top Online Learning Trends for Brazil in 2019

Contacts

Andy Lutzky
courseraus@edelman.com