Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. Today, it is one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 197 million registered learners as of December 31, 2025. Coursera partners with over 375 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, and degrees. Coursera’s platform innovations — including generative AI-powered features like Coach, Role Play, and Course Builder, and role-based solutions like Skills Tracks — enable instructors, partners, and companies to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning. Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, students, and citizens in high-demand fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business, while learners globally turn to Coursera to master the skills they need to advance their careers. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp.
Open Universiteit, which welcomed its first students in September 1984, is an independent government-funded institute for distance learning at university level in The Netherlands and Flanders.
Open Universiteit develops, provides and promotes innovative higher distance education of top quality, in collaboration with networks and alliances. As the prime university for lifelong learning, it addresses the wide-ranging learning needs of people during their course of life, plus the need to achieve a considerable increase of the knowledge level of the community at large.
We seek to be an institution that is strongly anchored in the Dutch higher education system through its educational, research and innovation activities, and that also operates successfully in the field of lifelong learning. We consider our institution to be a pioneer in open higher distance education and a leader in educational innovation, both in the Netherlands and internationally. In the market of lifelong learning, we wish to establish firm footing.
NCOI Opleidingen verzorgt ruim 1.000 opleidingen en trainingen door heel Nederland. Wij zijn uitgegroeid tot de grootste opleider voor werkenden en toonaangevend op het gebied van praktijkgericht opleiden en leren. NCOI weet als geen andere opleider praktijkgerichtheid te combineren met officiële erkenningen uit het onderwijsveld. Kiest u voor een opleiding of training van NCOI? Dan kiest u voor een onderwijsaanpak gericht op uw eigen werkomgeving, een hoge mate van flexibiliteit (verschillende startmomenten en studievarianten), topdocenten en een waardevol diploma.