Coursera begins to make money | Inside Higher Ed | :: The 4th Era :: | Scoop.it
From www.insidehighered.com - April 30, 2013 4:22 PM

By Ry Rivard

 

"Coursera, the increasingly popular provider of free online courses, is beginning to make money.

 

"The Silicon Valley-based company brought in $220,000 in the first quarter after it started charging for verified completion certificates, its co-founders said. The company also receives revenue from an Amazon.com affiliates program if users buy books suggested by professors.

 

“It’s the beginning of revenue,” said a Coursera co-founder, Daphne Koller.

The company has 3.2 million registered users, an increase of nearly 700,000 from mid-February. The company was founded in fall 2011 by Koller and her colleague at Stanford University, Andrew Ng. "



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