In a recent analysis of online learning, Coursera revealed an infographic highlighting data on online learners in India as the trend of e-learning becomes more widely adopted in India.
The data reveals that an increasing interest in flexible, career-relevant online courses has resulted in a considerable spike in new registrations in India of 70 per cent over the past 12 months. Out of Coursera’s 18 million registered learners, 1.3 million are from India, establishing the country as the third largest market for online learning after the US and China. Bengaluru emerged as the top city in India for online learning with the highest number of registered learners, followed by Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad.
Driven by the vast interest coming from Bengaluru nearly half of enrollments in India are in technology courses such as computer science (25%) and data science (18%). In fact, computer science and data science courses are more popular in India than in any of the other ten highest enrollment countries on Coursera.
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