<bi-shortcode id="disclaimer" class="mceNonEditable" data-type="insiderpicks"> </bi-shortcode><p><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5feba084b7ab82001943e7fb-1667/Coursera Logo E-Learning 4x3.png" border="0" alt="Coursera New Logo E Learning 4x3" data-mce-source="Coursera; Alyssa Powell/Business Insider"></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out'u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coursera.org%2Fcourseraplus" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored nofollow sponsored">Coursera Plus</a> is a $399 annual subscription that grants members unlimited access to over 90% of the e-learning platform's online courses (over 3,000 classes) for a year.</li><li>Members can also earn unlimed professional certificates to add to their resumes or LinkedIn profiles.</li><li>Below is everything you need to know Coursera Plus, including how payments and refunds work.</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-coursera" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored">Coursera</a>, a popular e-learning platform with thousands of varied online courses, offers an annual subscription called <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out'u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coursera.org%2Fcourseraplus" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored nofollow sponsored nofollow sponsored">Coursera Plus</a>.</p><p>Members pay an upfront annual fee of $399 to get unlimited access to 90% of Coursera classes. For anyone looking to learn a new skill, take multiple classes per year, or earn a certificate they can add to their LinkedIn profile, it could be a good investment (and a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-graduate-certificate-vs-masters-degree-faq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cheaper alternative to grad school</a>, depending on your interests).</p><p><strong>Below is everything you need to know about how to sign up, which classes are included, and how to get a refund if it's not for you.</strong></p><h2>What is Coursera Plus, and what's included with the subscription'</h2><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out'u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coursera.org%2Fcourseraplus" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored">Coursera Plus</a> is Coursera's unlimited annual subscription. It's $399 for the year and gives members unlimited access to over 90% of the platform's course catalog. <strong>You can access more than 3,000 classes taught by top instructors of prestigious universities</strong> (like <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/princeton-university-free-online-courses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Princeton</a>, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/yale-free-online-courses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yale</a>, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/free-columbia-university-online-courses-edx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Columbia</a>, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/free-online-johns-hopkins-university-courses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Johns Hopkins</a>, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/free-online-university-of-michigan-courses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the University of Michigan</a>, or <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coursera-university-of-pennsylvania-positive-psychology-free-online-course" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UPenn</a>) and companies (Google Cloud, Goldman Sachs, and VMware, to name a few). Specializations and professional certificates are also included for everything from data science and business to health and personal development.</p><p>Once you're a member, a Coursera Plus badge appears on all the classes included in the subscription. You can <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out'u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coursera.org%2Fcourseraplus" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored nofollow sponsored">browse a few of Coursera's most popular courses here</a>, or <a href="https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us/articles/360036151932" target="_blank" rel="noopener">skim the list of classes included with membership</a>.</p><p><strong>Coursera Plus does not include degrees or <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out'u=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Fdeeplink%3Fid%3DEHFxW6yx8Uo%26mid%3D40328%26murl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.coursera.org%252Fmastertrack" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored nofollow sponsored">MasterTrack certificates</a>, and some professional certificates are <a href="https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us/articles/360036151932" target="_blank" rel="noopener">excluded</a>, such as those offered by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out'u=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Fdeeplink%3Fid%3DEHFxW6yx8Uo%26mid%3D40328%26murl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.coursera.org%252Faws" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored nofollow sponsored">Amazon Web Services</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out'u=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Fdeeplink%3Fid%3DEHFxW6yx8Uo%26mid%3D40328%26murl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.coursera.org%252Fibm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored">IBM</a>.</strong></p><h2>How many certificates can you earn with Coursera Plus'</h2><p>According to the company, you earn a certificate for every course, specialization, or <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out'u=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Fdeeplink%3Fid%3DEHFxW6yx8Uo%26mid%3D40328%26murl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.coursera.org%252Fprofessional-certificates%253Futm_source%253Dgg%2526utm_medium%253Dsem%2526utm_content%253D15-ProfCerts-US%2526campaignid%253D6614927913%2526adgroupid%253D87319810788%2526device%253Dc%2526keyword%253Dcoursera%252520professional%252520certificate%2526matchtype%253Db%2526network%253Dg%2526devicemodel%253D%2526adpostion%253D%2526creativeid%253D386242322286%2526hide_mobile_promo%2526gclid%253DEAIaIQobChMIh-qA3cvZ6AIVh7zACh0AUQdEEAAYASAAEgKZFvD_BwE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored">professional certificate</a> you complete. <strong>You can share your certificate on your LinkedIn profile, with your employer, and on your CV and resume.</strong></p><h2>Does Coursera Plus save you money'</h2><p>It depends. Without a membership, you can audit Coursera courses either completely for free or only during their seven-day trial, but you won't get access to all of a class's features, such as graded homework and verified certificates of completion that you can add to your CV, rsum, or LinkedIn profile. To get full access, you need to pay either a one-time or monthly fee, depending on the course.</p><p>So if you plan on paying for full access to multiple courses, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out'u=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Fdeeplink%3Fid%3DEHFxW6yx8Uo%26mid%3D40328%26murl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.coursera.org%252Fcourseraplus" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored nofollow sponsored">Coursera Plus</a> may save you money depending on what they are and how much each individual course costs. But, if you only take one or two paid courses per year, you may be better off without it.</p><p>If you're enrolling in a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out'u=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Fdeeplink%3Fid%3DEHFxW6yx8Uo%26mid%3D40328%26murl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.coursera.org%252Fcourses%253Fquery%253Dspecialization" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored">specialization</a>, which is essentially a bundle of related courses designed to help you master a specific topic, <strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out'u=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Fdeeplink%3Fid%3DEHFxW6yx8Uo%26mid%3D40328%26murl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.coursera.org%252Fcourses%253Fquery%253Dspecialization" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored nofollow sponsored">Coursera Plus</a> may save you moneyespecially if you take longer to complete your specialization than its estimated time frame (which is three months on average)</strong> or plan to enroll in multiple specializations and/or other classes in the same year. </p><p>Most Coursera <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out'u=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Fdeeplink%3Fid%3DEHFxW6yx8Uo%26mid%3D40328%26murl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.coursera.org%252Fcourses%253Fquery%253Dspecialization" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored">specializations</a> charge a monthly fee for access to all the courses within the specialization until you've completed every one or you've <a href="https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us/articles/216348123" target="_blank" rel="noopener">canceled the subscription</a>. When you pay for a specialization and finish it, you get a certificate as well as course certificates for each course you completed within it.</p><h2>Comparative price breakdown: Coursera Plus subscription vs. specialization subscriptions</h2><p>A Coursera Plus subscription is $399 for the year, which breaks down to $33.25 a month. On average, a specialization ranges from $49-$79 a month and takes three months to complete, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out'u=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Fdeeplink%3Fid%3DEHFxW6yx8Uo%26mid%3D40328%26murl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.coursera.org%252Fcourseraplus" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow sponsored nofollow sponsored">according to Coursera</a>. The average cost is $147-$237 for a specialization without Coursera Plus; you'd pay $99.75 over the same three-month time frame with Plus. </p><p>But if you don't plan on taking other courses and complete the specialization's courses in three months, you may save money by doing itla carte. If you want to take your time completing a course, enroll in multiple courses throughout the year, or choose a specialization subscription with a longer time frame (some can take up to a year to complete), <strong>you're probably a good candidate for Coursera Plus. </strong></p><h2>What happens to any <strong>specialization subscriptions</strong> you're already enrolled in when you subscribe to Coursera Plus'</h2><p><strong>You need to cancel those subscriptions so you aren't charged twice</strong>; they won't be automatically canceled. <a href="https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us/articles/216348123" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find step-by-step instructions for canceling an existing subscription here</a>. </p><p>According to the company, none of your progress will be impacted by canceling previous subscriptions.</p><h2>Can you get a refund' </h2><p>You can receive a full refund within 14 days of your payment, but if you earned a certificate using Plus during those 14 days, it would be revoked.</p><p>To get a refund, visit your <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out'u=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Fdeeplink%3Fid%3DEHFxW6yx8Uo%26mid%3D40328%26murl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.coursera.org%252Fmy-purchases%252Ftransactions" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored">My Purchases page</a> within 14 days of purchase and submit a refund request. The company says your refund will be processed immediately and without questions.</p><h2>Can you ask your employer to reimburse your Coursera Plus fee'</h2><p>If your employer offers educational reimbursements that include online-learning programs, you should be able to. You'll receive an email receipt that you can submit to your employer for reimbursement. But you should check with your employer before purchasing to be sure. </p><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out'u=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Fdeeplink%3Fid%3DEHFxW6yx8Uo%26mid%3D40328%26murl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.coursera.org%252Fcourseraplus" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored">Sign up for Coursera Plus here for $399 per year.</a></h3><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coursera-plus#comments">Join the conversation about this story »</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-parasite-delivered-one-of-the-best-twists-in-cinema-2020-2">What makes 'Parasite' so shocking is the twist that happens in a 10-minute sequence</a></p>
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