KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 -- Coursera, the world’s leading online learning platform has announced the Coursera Workforce Recovery Initiative, assisting governments worldwide to provide unemployed workers with free access to 3,800 online courses.
According to a statement, the states of Illinois, Arizona and Oklahoma of the United States, as well as the governments of Colombia, Costa Rica, Greece, Malaysia, Panama, Ukraine and Uzbekistan will be the first to make the initiative available.
The initiative’s goal is to help impacted workers develop the knowledge and skills to be re-employed.
Federal, state and local governments can sign up until Sept 30 and learners enrolled by then will have until year-end to complete the courses.
Through the Coursera Workforce Recovery Initiative, governments can provide unemployed workers, many of whom lack financial resources, with job-relevant online learning.
The 3,800 courses on Coursera are taught by the world’s leading university and industry educators, covering critical business, technology and data science skills.
The initiative also includes Professional Certificates, like the Google IT Support Professional Certificate, designed specifically to train people for high-demand jobs.
The Coursera Workforce Recovery Initiative is modelled after a highly successful initiative that the company launched on March 12, to offer free courses to colleges and universities that have closed their campuses.
-- BERNAMA
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