During the coronavirus pandemic, online learning came to the forefront for students of all ages.

While grammar schools, intermediate schools and high schools wont move to the web platform, colleges across the country realize they have to offer remote classes to stay competitive.

One online learning school called Coursera.org has been specializing in online education for years.

Coursera is a world-wide online learning platform founded in 2012 by Stanford professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller that offers massive open online courses, specializations and degrees.

Its not just another of the worlds run-of-the-mill online colleges. You will specialize in a particular field of your choice and once you graduate you will be ready to take on the world.

Right now, you can sign up for free and see what Coursera has to offer.

Coursera works with universities and other organizations to offer online courses, specializations, and degrees in a variety of subjects, such as engineering, data science, machine learning, mathematics, business, computer science, digital marketing, humanities, medicine, biology, social sciences and others.

And you can get a certified degree in a lot less time it takes at traditional colleges and universities.

According to Wikipedia, courses last approximately 4 to 10 weeks, with one to two hours of video lectures a week.

These courses provide quizzes, weekly exercises, peer-graded assignments, and sometimes a final project or exam. Courses are also provided on-demand, in which case users can take their time in completing the course with all of the material available at once. As of May 2015, Coursera offered 104 on-demand courses.

As of 2017, Coursera offered full masters degrees.

The cost you might ask? Well, you wont have to break the bank, compared to some traditional colleges and universities.

Coursera offers some free courses, but the cost of individual courses which last 4 to 6 weeks range in price from $29 to $99.

Specialized programs, which can last 4-6 months, are $39-$79 per month.

An online degree, which can take 1-3 years can range from $15,000 to $25,000, a steep discount from what private colleges and universities charge.

Click here to register now for free and explore all Coursera has to offer.

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