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Coursera

Description

Coursera is an online learning platform that provides access to diverse courses from over 200 organizations, including universities and businesses. While they offer some free content, a license is required to explore most of the content. Courses are generally on demand and offer some type of certificate upon completion.

Through the "NCI Data Science, an NIH Learning Program", you can take courses in genomics, bioinformatics, programming, data science, statistics and more.

Here are a few examples of courses related to genomics found in the program.

Things to Know

  • Licenses are available to anyone at NIH
  • Courses on demand and at your own speed
  • Bioinformatics and genomics specific courses
  • Certificates upon course completion
  • Limited number of licenses

Access Information

If you’re interested in a Coursera license, please see (https://bioinformatics.ccr.cancer.gov/btep/self-learning/) for information on obtaining a license.

You will receive an invitation email (usually within 48 hours) from Coursera when your license is ready. Please check all your email folders.

If you have questions about your Coursera license, please contact us at ncibtep@nih.gov.