Virtual learning really began to take off during the early days of COVID-19 and it has since become clear that it won’t be returning to pre-pandemic levels even when the current health crisis is over.
The bottom line is the way education is delivered has been changed for good. Students from all education levels now participate in virtual learning in varying degrees, including grade-schoolers, high-schoolers, college students and adult learners.
Virtual learning offers a number of advantages. For instance, if a student has to miss several days of in-classroom education they can log in online to avoid falling behind.
Likewise, if other events, like severe weather or another viral outbreak, prevent attendance at a physical location they can now attend school from the comfort of home.
Some students even report having found virtual learning to be a better fit for their emotional and psychological needs than in-classroom learning.
The bottom line is virtual learning is here to stay and that is good news for virtual learning stocks like Coursera.
Who is Coursera?
Coursera is a small-cap virtual learning stock with a market value of $3.3 billion and a strong buy rating from leading market analysts.
Coursera (COUR) was trading at $23.03 on March 31. According to CNN Money, 14 top analysts offering one-year forecasts for Coursera have a median target of $38 with a high estimate of $50 and a low estimate of $25.[1]
So What Does Coursera Do?
Coursera has created an online learning platform that is used by more than 87 million learners. The platform also has 200 leading content partners.
The platform has allowed Coursera to deliver more than 5,000 courses online. It also offers professional certificates and degrees from major universities and leading companies.
Among those that the company collaborates with are Duke University, the University of Illinois, Google and IBM.
The Bottom Line …
Its proprietary digital learning platform and high profile collaborators are making Coursera a likely candidate for future growth as virtual learning becomes even more integrated into modern living.
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[1] https://money.cnn.com/quote/forecast/forecast.html?symb=COUR