What do you think are the reasons for success of Coursera?

Founded in 2012 by Stanford computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, Coursera doesn’t create educational content. Rather, the company partners with universities and other organizations to provide them with an online platform that students pay to access .

It is concluded that Coursera obtains its competitive advantage by building and presiding over a strategic ecosystem for learning that is self-reinforcing and mutually-beneficial .

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Students: Coursera’s most obvious benefits to students are inherent to online learning; it enrolls far more students than any physical institution, it reaches students regardless of location, it affords students the flexibility to participate at the time and place of their choosing, and it allows participation for free …