{"id":49145,"date":"2021-08-27T12:06:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T08:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=49145"},"modified":"2021-08-27T12:06:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T08:06:14","slug":"podcast-how-coursera-grew-from-40-to-80m-online-learners-in-a-year-and-is-also-based-in-the-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/podcast-how-coursera-grew-from-40-to-80m-online-learners-in-a-year-and-is-also-based-in-the-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST: How Coursera Grew From 40 to 80M Online Learners In A Year And Is Also Based In The UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What initially launched in 2012 by two Stanford Computer Science professors, has now become one of the largest online learning platforms in the world. 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