Online learning company_Coursera has announced 18 new_specializations, covering key areas such as entrepreneurship, software and healthcare. Coursera is a so-called ‘ed-tech’ company that works with universities to offer massive open online courses (MOOCs). It first announced specializations back in January, serving as a new kind of certificate program that lets students follow university-led tracks to become proficient in a given subject. The initiative kicked off with 10 topics, including ‘Programming Mobile Cloud Computing Applications with Android’. Coursera says that more than 1.5 million learners have participated in specializations since launch. The full list of specializations, and certifying educational body, are...
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