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Coursera: Top Companies Work with University Partners to Help Create Capstone Projects with Real World Applications
Experts at top companies like Google and Instagram have joined Coursera to help develop the final projects — called “Capstones” — for Coursera Specializations. Combining a curated series of courses with a final Capstone Project, Specializations help you master new skills with the best of university teaching and the real-time market perspective of top industry partners. Hundreds of thousands of learners have enrolled in Specializations since their launch in January 2014. The following companies and business leaders are supporting upcoming Specialization Capstones: Instagram – Interaction Design, University of California San Diego (starts June 16th) Snapdeal & Shazam – Business Foundations, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (starts April 6th) 500 Startups – Entrepreneurship, University of Maryland (enroll anytime) The first Capstones for Coursera’s Specializations were piloted with support from these companies:…