Coursera

When they displayed "Enroll For Free" before I created an account, I thought, "Wow, if this course is free, that would be fantastic." But as soon I logged in, the button "Enroll For Free" changed to "Enroll", this infuriated me. Such kind of things are not expected from reputed organizations, and only fraud and scammy companies play such kind of cheap tactics to get people's personal information, so they have to create an account.

I started taking their course "Analyzing the Universe" but had to drop out since I did not really have the time to devote to the class that I thought I would. I have, however, signed up for another which starts next month: "Analyzing the Beethoven Piano Sonatas. Anyhow, what I've seen so far leads me to believe that this is one class outfit, and should be recommended by its users to all their friends.

Updated 08/17/2015: Since the review above was written, I have taken (and completed) the two classes (Calculus I and II) offered by Jim Fowler of Ohio State University. He is a very energetic and passionate lecturer, and I would highly recommend these classes to anyone.

This company is a joke. I contacted support right away when my mouse accidentally clicked on the subscribe button. But they told me "Be advised that you can try it and come back before 14days and they will unenroll me and return the enrollment". So I tried and find out the course is just under 20 lines of codes session for total complete newbie which i can find thousand better on the internet. And then when I contacted support again for unenrollment they said " We can not do that because you completed the course" Wow! Totally bulls***. The support really "Understand your concern"

I signed up for the It certificate program I completed the first one course and completed the 2nd course however, according to them it said I failed when I know I passed, I even took screenshots showing that I passed but on their end it automatically shows that you failed it's a major well known bug that prevents you from getting your certificate and their is no help, no email support and no chat support, only useless forums. Complete waste of time

Awful awful awful. Used it once and got locked into this internal payment scheme which I was unable to claim a refund for. 50 usd per month. Absolute disgrace

They take your info when opening a free account and start charging you after a week. Stay away from them.

Got redirected to the coursera site from microsoft cloud certification site. Despite the course tag being 'Enroll Free' there was a convoluted sign up that asks for your Credit Card details all with the intention for you to sign up for 1 month and forget to cancel, which I did. The 'free' course cost be 60 Dollars, its little more than a way of getting a month's subscription for you. Even the course is poor - all videos, no grahpical explanations, DON'T BOTHER WITH IT.

This coursera is engaging in excessive advertising, so please you may be think twice that it is worth considering whether or not the product or service is truly worth your time and money.

I'm a verified user on Coursera and have been paying the monthly subscription fee. I've used Coursera for years, since it's inception. It was not bad at first, pretty good really. But, the changes implemented to the platform over 2018/2019 are turning it into a profit driven scam machine. A couple of months ago they sent me a classic bait and switch survey email that is common to Craigslist scams; you answer some questions to see if you "qualify" to take the survey for some reward, but the questions you're answering ARE the FU@$! NG survey. And then, a couple days ago Coursera puts up a stonewall front page to their site with new "privacy" terms whereby you can either agree to allow them to sell your info to third parties, or you can delete your account completely losing all work that you've paid for in time and money. It's extortion. They're holding your work and records for ransom until you pay through personal exploitation. Their customer service exists, and eventually may respond by email, but it's slow and curt if they ever get back to you. As to the quality of the platform, the interface for the platform has become more streamlined, while the content has become more watered down. Better off going to Edx, or some other platform that hasn't been transformed to a scam.

So sad truly. I took a social media management course and finished taking it around my actual job in 3 days.
I submitted all peer reviewed assignments and also reviewed my peers' assignments. It doesn't let you move forward in the course until you do that. When I reached the final video and the teacher said congratulations for completing the course, I was looking forward to the promised certificates that were 'recognized' by professionals. No certificates ever arrived. Customer service is a bot. The bot asked me to provide proof of completion every few days via email. I sent them links that would bring them to my completed assignments and the side menu that had highlighted in green every module I had completed. If it was a human being they would have gone to the links and seen the proof that I completed the course and all quizzes and assignments. The last correspondence I had the bot asked me to provide further screen shots along with the links and other screen shots I had sent. I called me credit card company to refute the $49 charge that left me with nothing. I also canceled my credit card because they are so fraudulent I believe they would continue to charge me each month. Absolutely disgusting company. I worked on that course and the assignments and quizzes for nothing in the end. Customer service is creepy as it is absolutely a bot just sending pretty much the same email correspondence, so it's clear no one is reading the consumer's emails.
They should be ashamed of themselves that they scam so many people out of money and those who are simply looking to further their careers through courses and promised certificates that don't exist. Run as fast as you can or just avoid them.

$#*!ty site, $#*!ty BROKEN courses. EVERY OTHER LAB IS BROKEN. QUIZZES MARK YOU WRONG FOR THE RIGHT ANSWER (Proven by looking into the useless discussion forums, where many have the same issue) THE "MENTORS" JUST TELL YOU TO SELECT THE GARBAGE $#*! PIECE OF $#*! WRONG ANSWER, BECAUSE THE RIGHT ANSWER WILL GET YOU MARKED WRONG. NO COURSE UPDATES, $#*!TY AMATEUR MISTAKES IN THE VIDEOS.

THIS SITE IS GARBAGE. GARBAGE UPON GARBAGE. PROBABLY MADE BY A $#*! DIVERSITY HIRE OR A SOYCUCK WITH THEIR HEAD FAR UP THEIR DISGUSTING $#*! THAT THEY REFUSE TO $#*!ING FIX THIS SITE. JESUS $#*!ING CHRIST.

After signing up for $39.99, they didn't charge my card and then said the price increased from $39.99 to $59.99 to continue my program! Very unethical.

This site has been so helpful in moving me forward in my career and making me feel comfortable. I will continue to take more courses to continue educating myself.