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Enroll in the Python, Bash and SQL Essentials f...
Aug 02, 2022

Enroll in the Python, Bash and SQL Essentials f...

Enhance your scripting, programming, and other data engineering skills by completing the Python, Bash and SQL Essentials for Data Engineering Specialization!

5 Reasons You Should Earn the Blockchain Applic...
Jun 28, 2022

5 Reasons You Should Earn the Blockchain Applic...

Major businesses are expanding their online networks with the use of blockchain systems, and employers are seeking to hire people who have expertise in navigating blockchain applications.

Announcing Continued Expanded Access to 2,000+ ...
Mar 29, 2021

Announcing Continued Expanded Access to 2,000+ ...

Coursera has developed a new learning program that will continue to allow Duke students, faculty and staff access to thousands of high-quality courses from Duke and other institutions through the Course...

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We Just Hit a Coursera Milestone
Aug 14, 2020

We Just Hit a Coursera Milestone

As of today, the members of our Coursera learning programs have collectively logged over 100,000 learning hours!

Expanding Coursera for Duke
Jul 09, 2020

Expanding Coursera for Duke

Announcing a pilot expansion of Coursera for Duke that will grant our community access not only to Duke-created courses, but to nearly the entire Coursera catalogue of 3,800 courses built by Coursera pa...

Get to Know Chimpanzees, Our Closest Animal Rel...
Mar 08, 2019

Get to Know Chimpanzees, Our Closest Animal Rel...

They hang out with their families. Their kids like to play. They make their bed every night. They get into fights with their neighbors. Chimpanzees: they’re just like us.

New Online Course Explains Fintech Law and Poli...
Jun 21, 2018

New Online Course Explains Fintech Law and Poli...

Bitcoin, SoFi, Credit Karma, PayPal, and yes, Potcoin: these are some of the news-making names in the growing industry known as fintech. Fintech, short for “financial technology,” has upended the tradit...

Coursera for Duke Gives Campus Free Access to 4...
Dec 14, 2017

Coursera for Duke Gives Campus Free Access to 4...

Duke students, staff, and faculty can now take any of Duke’s online Coursera courses and earn a verified certificate for free.

Erika Weinthal Helps Develop New Online Course ...
Nov 09, 2017

Erika Weinthal Helps Develop New Online Course ...

Erika Weinthal, a professor at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, has helped develop a free online course on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace for the United Nations Environ...

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Start a Business, Fight Climate Change with a N...
Aug 01, 2017

Start a Business, Fight Climate Change with a N...

Want to do something about global climate change? Try starting a business.

New Duke Online Course Demystifies the Electric...
Jul 10, 2017

New Duke Online Course Demystifies the Electric...

You know that electricity is what turns on the lights in your house, runs your washing machine, and powers the machine that makes your coffee in the morning. But do you really know how electricity gets ...

Duke Research Finds MOOCs Offer Learners Emotio...
Jun 21, 2017

Duke Research Finds MOOCs Offer Learners Emotio...

Millions of people around the world have enrolled in massive open online courses (MOOCs), attracted by their promise of low-cost education for career advancement or gaining knowledge. New research from ...

Learn to Program for Free, Online and In-Person
Mar 14, 2017

Learn to Program for Free, Online and In-Person

The Duke community can learn to program for free through a special class that combines a Duke open online course with in-person sessions on campus.

Faculty to Develop New Open Online Courses with...
Feb 21, 2017

Faculty to Develop New Open Online Courses with...

Three groups of Duke faculty will develop new open online courses in 2017 with support from Online Duke, a university initiative to support innovative online teaching and learning.

Duke’s Image and Video Processing Course Relaun...
Jan 20, 2017

Duke’s Image and Video Processing Course Relaun...

Duke University’s open online course that pulls back the curtain on the digital images that inundate our lives—from cell phone photos to movie special effects to NASA robot videos—is back with a new 9-w...