Everything about Coursera

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: CourseraA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: E-Learning and a Case Study of Coursera and edX Online PlatformsInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Social Entrepreneur's PlaybookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Exploring the Acceptance and User Satisfaction of AI-Driven e-Learning Platforms (Blackboard, Moodle, Edmodo, Coursera and edX): An Integrated Technology ModelCited 69 times
5. Go sideways: Massive open online courseA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: EdXA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Exploring the Acceptance and User Satisfaction of AI-Driven e-Learning Platforms (Blackboard, Moodle, Edmodo, Coursera and edX): An Integrated Technology Model

  Raneem Rashad Saqr, Sabah Abdullah Al-Somali, Mohammad Y. Sarhan · 2023 · Sustainability · 69 citations

• How to improve learning experience in MOOCs an analysis of online reviews of business courses on Coursera

  Xiaoxia Wei, Viriya Taecharungroj · 2022 · The International Journal of Management Education · 32 citations

• Learners’ satisfaction of courses on Coursera as a massive open online course platform: A case study

  Long Quoc Nguyen · 2022 · Frontiers in Education · 29 citations

• Metaliteracy as Pedagogical Framework for Learner-Centered Design in Three MOOC Platforms: Connectivist, Coursera and Canvas

  Kelsey L. O’Brien, Michele Forte, Thomas P. Mackey · 2017 · Open Praxis · 28 citations

• Teaching the World: Daphne Koller and Coursera

  Charles Severance · 2012 · Computer · 27 citations

• Contribution of developed countries towards MOOCs: an exploration and assessment from a representative platform Coursera

  Arshia Ayoub, Raashida Amin, Zahid Ashraf Wani · 2020 · Asian Association of Open Universities Journal · 23 citations

• The adoption of blended learning using Coursera MOOCs: A case study in a Vietnamese higher education institution

  Nguyen Thi Thao Ho, Hiep-Hung Pham, Subarna Sivapalan · 2022 · Australasian Journal of Educational Technology · 20 citations

• An Examination of Coursera as an Information Environment: Does Coursera Fulfill its Mission to Provide Open Education to All?

  Samantha Audsley, Kalyani Fernando, Bronwen Maxson · 2013 · The Serials Librarian · 14 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• E-Learning and a Case Study of Coursera and edX Online Platforms

  Anja Likovič, Katarina Rojko · 2022 · Research in Social Change · 13 citations

• Students’ Perception Towards Learning Massive Open Online Courses on Coursera Platform: Benefits and Barriers

  Thi Thuy An Ngo, Thanh Tu Tran, Gia Khuong An · 2023 · International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) · 12 citations

• Acceptance Toward Coursera MOOCs Blended Learning: A Mixed Methods View of Vietnamese Higher Education Stakeholders

  Nguyen Thi Thao Ho, Muhammad Ridhuan Tony Lim Abdullah, Hairuzila Bt Idrus · 2023 · Sage Open · 12 citations

• Is online job training for all? Experimental evidence on the effects of a Coursera program in Costa Rica

  Rafael Novella, David Rosas-Shady, Richard Freund · 2024 · Journal of Development Economics · 11 citations

• Balancing act: exploring the integration of coursera MOOCs in Vietnamese higher education through a phenomenographic lens

  Ha Van Le, Thi Thao Nguyen Ho · 2025 · Interactive Learning Environments · 8 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• 📕Social Entrepreneur's PlaybookIan C. MacMillan, James D. Thompson · 2013
• 📕Matter and Interactions, Complete 3rd Edition Coursera Ed, Ch 1-11 Chegg Coursera FreemiumRuth W. Chabay · 2013
• 📕Matter and Interactions, Complete 3e Coursera Ed, C 1-11Ruth W. Chabay · 2013
• 📕Data Science EngineeringJerry Ramonyai · 2022
• 2013 State of Black AmericaChanelle P. Hardy · 2013
• Top Job Opportunities in Saudi Arabia for 2025 · 2025
• 📕The cybrarian's web 2Cheryl Ann Peltier-Davis · 2015

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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