6 January 2021 – [The New Times, Rwanda] With the new coronavirus still around and the majority of people still working from home in 2021, taking online courses to further your studies and boost your career remains your best option in 2021.

With travel still complicated, and most people avoiding travelling for further courses and training, 2021 will see the uptake of online courses continuing to increase as it did in 2020 when many professionals chose to acquire some extra skills and knowledge from the web.

You have probably heard people talking about Coursera on social media, especially people sharing their certificates after completing their courses. Coursera is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) provider, founded in 2012 in the U.S. by Stanford University’s computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller.

The platform offers short courses, specialisations, degrees, professional and master track courses and more. It became even more popular during the Covid-19 outbreak as people looked out for alternatives to hone their skills further, as universities and colleges shut doors during the lockdown.

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