Coursera Together: Free online learning & community resources during COVID-19

As each of us navigates the impact of COVID-19 on our lives, we hope that you can find comfort in the strength of the Coursera community. Know that you’re not alone, and we’re here to help in any way that we can.

During this time, we remain as passionate as ever about helping you learn, grow, and connect with learners and educators around the world. Both here and on our social media channels we’ll continue sharing uplifting stories, new ways to learn, and courses we think you’ll love.

To help our community during this critical time, we’re launching new, free resources, as well as surfacing interesting course collections, community discussions, and expert interviews. We’ll continue to update this list with new resources as we have them—stay tuned!

Free Courses | Course Collections | Community Discussions | Expert Interviews | More Resources

Learn something new with a free course

Starting today, we’re making a selection of courses completely free for anyone, anywhere so it’s easier to keep learning. While many courses on Coursera are already available for free without a certificate, this promotion enables you to not only access lectures and quizzes, but also to earn a free certificate for courses that offer them. We’re planning to make this offer available through December 31, 2020 (extended from July 31), with more details available in the links below.

To get started, click one of the following links to find a free course—your free discount will be applied at checkout. For more details about how to redeem a free course, see these step-by-step instructions.

Explore a new interest, career, or hobby with one of these collections

There are also hundreds of other opportunities to learn everything from storytelling to how the universe was formed! Uncover a new favorite course in one of these popular collections. Many of these courses are free to audit – or you can choose to pay to access additional quizzes, projects, and a shareable Certificate when you complete.

Share advice and discover resources in the Coursera Community

The Coursera Community is a great place to connect with learners around the world to share advice, ask questions, and find inspiration. We’ve collected a few of the conversations that our community is using to navigate this critical time together:

If you have questions regarding the outbreak , you can find additional resources from world-renowned public health experts in Coursera’s partner community.

, you can from world-renowned public health experts in Coursera’s partner community. If you or someone you know is learning online for the first time: You can share these 8 tips from our Teaching & Learning team.

You can from our Teaching & Learning team. If you’re looking for ways to keep learning with your kids: Connect with parents around the world and exchange favorite resources.

and exchange favorite resources. If, like Coursera, you and your team are shifting to remote work: You can join others in our community to discuss strategies and share advice .

You can join others in our community to . If you’re looking for advice about moving in-person learning online: You can reference these best practices from our Teaching & Learning team.

Get up to speed on a new topic with an expert

From motivational tips to help you achieve your goals to discussions on how to decide which programming language to learn, we’ve been talking with experts in the field to get the latest research and best advice.

Explore one of our recent conversations to see if it sparks a new idea, a new perspective, a new question, or a new interest. Find all of our 20 minute conversations here or jump into some of our favorites below:

Are you a student impacted by COVID-19?

On March 12, we launched a global effort to provide free access to Coursera for colleges and universities impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. If you are a student at a college or university that has been impacted, or you know someone who is, ask a faculty member, administrator, or staff member to sign up.

Now more than ever, we are grateful to our global community of educators and learners who continue to support and learn from each other. We invite you to share your questions, ideas, and comments with the community and hope that Coursera can serve you and those you love during these difficult times. We’re in this together and we’ll get through this together.

Instructions for redeeming a free course from a promotion:

First, click the link to visit a promotion page. From the promotion page, click to visit a specific course and wait for the page to fully load. Once loaded, you will see a promotion banner at the top of the page. If you don’t see the banner, please refresh the page. Next, click the ‘Enroll for free’ button. Select “Purchase Course.” Note that with the promotion applied, there will be a message in parentheses that says “Your promotion will automatically be applied at checkout.” At checkout, your purchase total will read ‘$0’. Complete check out and start learning!

If you experience any issues with redeeming your free course after following these instructions, please contact us through our Help Center so a learner services specialist can help!





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