President Obama supports free, two-year Coursera Verified Certificates to teachers for district professional development — from blog.coursera.org

Excerpt:

The President of the United States, Barack Obama shared his support today to over 3 million teachers across the US with Coursera. In front of a packed house at the Superintendents’ Summit in DC today to promote the Future Ready Pledge as part of the ConnectEd Initiative, President Obama disclosed a new offering by Coursera to give teachers free Coursera Verified Certificates for district-approved professional development.

 

 

Addendum on 11/20/14:
Cousera pledges free MOOC certificates for military vets — from educationdive.com by Keith Button