Reviews for Coursera: Grow your career

Just to be clear: this review is for the coursera APP, not the coursera courses themselves. The courses are great. The app is terrible. The lesson never starts without a "whoops, restart the player" message, with no explanation why the player won't work. Then if I do get lucky and the player works, the video ends up freezing 30 seconds into it. I like courseras programs, but I can't do them away from my computer because of these problems

Previously five, had to bump it to four. I don't know what happened but learning between app and browser would mess up the progress I made between the two. For example, I completed two lessons for the week of a course I took in the browser. When it was time to continue on a lunch break -within the same course- nothing was completed. Incomplete quizzes, watch time reset, and past weeks undone. I would have to redo everything. Logging out and back in doesn't update my progress back to normal🧐

Be careful when signing up for the free trial of Coursera+ during the $200 promo period. I did so and now they are trying to make me pay the full price, stating that it is only available to new accounts, despite my account being less than a day old and in the free trial period. Customer support through the site has been entirely unhelpful, insisting that my account is not new and is therefore not eligible. Don't do a free trial unless you want to pay $200 more for same thing.

This app is horrible. The video player does not work at all. Half the time it will only play audio. The other half of the time the video will stop playing and start buffering several times in the middle of the video, even if I've fully downloaded the video. I then have to "go back 10 seconds" to fix the issue. I have 1 Gb/s Internet speed, so it's definitely not that. What am I paying to use this platform for when competitors like Udemy exist and have working video players?

So far, it's an easy experience. The app is easy to navigate, and the lessons are a cool "at your own pace" style. The biggest issue I have is not everything (especially tests/quizzes) is viewable on tablets or phones. Not everyone has access to computers these days, as portable devices are what people prefer. It'd be really cool if the app got an update to support small screen viewing on everything the app has to offer.

Got a free trial, only to not be allowed to take courses unless I cancel the trail pay 39$ a month and $150 for each class. Why advertise free certification if it's not free? Won't give me the option to cancel. Followed the steps, and still won't let me cancel the 7 day trail until I pay the monthly fee!!! I have to wait to be charged so I can hopefully get a refund. What a waste of time. Scammers.

I was working on a UX Designer certification, and I was paying $40 a month for it. The courses were great until one day, all of a sudden, I got on, and all my work and the courses I had finished were missing. It was/is SO difficult to find a way to contact Coursera, and when I did reach out multiple times, NO ONE responded to me. It really pisses me off until this day how unprofessional and scammy this program seems to be.

I used to use this fairly regularly when it was all free. I was disappointed to log back in after a while and find that most courses require payment now. I guess I understand it since these are very high quality classes, but for someone who is just learning for fun, I'm now much more inclined to just do some google searches instead. Good app if you have real set goals for learning though, and I am glad they've allowed continued free access to the courses I'd already enrolled in.

Coursera is the worst, do not recommend! I was charged multiple times even though i tried to cancel my account. They offer a free trial, then sneak in payments without notifying you. Most free trials work like this: you get a notification before youre charged. Not only that, but the class i took (for 1 hour) was so unbelievably basic and low level. Definitely not worth paying for. I am now out $150 for a course that i studied for less than an hour. Avoid coursera AT ALL COSTS.

This app is phenomenal. Who needs to pay to learn something when you can do it for free? If you do pay you're paying for a certification/degree. I love the app and I'm sure it will end up saving me time and money. One thing I wish you could add though is like a "For Later" playlist so I can keep track of courses without enrolling in them right away. Amazing app.