Coursera Improves Its AI Assistant ‘Coach’ and Adds More Course Materials

IBL News | New York

Coursera announced seven new GenAI-focused courses, specializations, and certificates, eight enhanced entry-level professional certificates, and an expansion of its GenAI Academy.

“White-collar workers must stand out by proving their GenAI skills to secure jobs and advance in their careers,” wrote Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO at Coursera, in a blog post.

On the tech performance side, Coursera upgraded its AI-based guidance Coach, replacing its popup with a sidebar for paid learners.

“This tool enables learners to ask questions to clarify material and stay on track, summarize key takeaways for better note-taking, practice for quizzes and tests to solidify knowledge and identify gaps, and explore how their learning aligned with current or future goals,” said Jeff Maggioncalda.

Coursera said it has over 2 million enrollments across 250+ GenAI courses and Guided Projects on its platform.

Courses, specializations, and certificates


Professional certificates


GenAI Academy

  • GenAI for Software and Product Teams (100+ courses)
  • GenAI for Data Teams (70+ courses)
  • GenAI for Marketing Teams (60+ courses)