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Coursera: Expanding Learning in Latin America with the Carlos Slim Foundation
Today, we’re delighted to announce a partnership with the Carlos Slim Foundation, one of Mexico’s top philanthropic organizations, to improve access to education among Spanish speaking students around the world, as well as support opportunities for career development and employment throughout Latin America. Our co-founder Daphne Koller joined Carlos Slim Helú in Mexico City today to welcome this partnership, which will focus on three shared goals: 1. Make available more educational content in Spanish We will do so with the creation of a new Spanish language user interface (which is now available, see below) and the translation of 50 courses by the end of 2014. 2. Create educational content We will create content together in the form of individual courses or as part of Coursera’s new Specializations program — focused on employability and job skills in high-priority subject areas such as computer science, teacher professional development, healthcare an…