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  • New programming courses from Frontend Masters

    Exciting news to share! This week we launched 19 new courses from our partners at Frontend Masters, the well-known front-end web development training experts Frontend Masters joins our 14,000+ instructors currently teaching on Udemy These experts include the founder of AngularJS, creator of JSON, jQuery team members,...

  • Udemy around the world

    Last week, a few team members from Udemy HQ, including Dennis Yang, CEO and Claire Hough, VP of Engineering, traveled abroad to visit the international Udemy offices The group had the privilege of spending time with the teams first in Ankara, Turkey and then in Dublin, Ireland It was great to see our core values...

  • NEEF launches extreme weather course on Udemy

    The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), a nonprofit and national leader in lifelong environmental learning, today announced the launch of their Udemy course on climate change and extreme weather According to NEEF, “In 2014, the United States experienced eight weather and climate disasters with...

  • Udemy for Business releases corporate training survey findings

    Jobs are rapidly changing but employee training and onboarding programs have not kept up with the demands of the modernworkplace Today Udemy for Business released the results of a recent survey aimed at uncovering insight into this training gap and its impact on businesses and employees The survey polled 175 HR...

  • Udemy partners with Benesse to significantly expand content in Japan

    This morning, Udemy CEO Dennis Yang attended a press conference in Japan to announce some incredibly exciting news Udemy has partnered with Benesse, the leading education and publishing provider in Japan This partnership will expand content offerings in the Japanese language and bring numerous new Japanese students...

  • Pebbles of Hope launches Thrive Guide course on Udemy

    One in 10 births are premature every year, worldwide Pebbles of Hope, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping premature babies survive and thrive, launched a free Udemy course to help educate parents on best care practices to ensure long healthy lives for preemies The first module of the course “Thrive Guide...

  • Udemy course for International Women’s Day 2015: #MakeItHappen

    In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, 30 of our female instructors from around the world came together in collaboration to produce a free Udemy course in support of the official theme “Make It Happen” The course entitled “Make It Happen: Empowering Women for Success” celebrates the...

  • New free course to help public school parents navigate the system

    For many parents living in California, grappling with the public school system can be anxiety-inducing Parents simply want the best educations for their children, but navigating the complexities of the system - and becoming an active and productive member of it - can be confusing and fraught To alleviate those...

  • Udemy for Business announces new customers and platform growth

    It is clear that online training is vital for successful company growth and scaling Today Udemy for Business, Udemy’s corporate learning platform, announced some major momentum, including signing on new customers Esri, Lyft and Mixpanel Our Udemy for Business customer count has quadrupled in the past year, and has...

  • Top Udemy instructor course earnings

    More than 12,000 everyday experts share their expertise on Udemy with more than 5 million students around the world Today we’re excited to announce that the courses taught by our top 10 instructors have reached $17 million in earnings, demonstrating the growth of online education and the potential of our marketplace...

  • Udemy hosts Xcode mobile design workshop

    In celebration of the new Udemy course Xcode for Designers, instructor Chris Slowik led a live Xcode Mobile Design workshop at Udemy HQ last week Organized with the help of Design&Startups, around 25 designers joined Chris as he discussed the fundamentals of creating a mobile design experience using Xcode by...

  • Guy Kawasaki launches Udemy course on entrepreneurship

    Guy Kawasaki, renowned Silicon Valley evangelist, advisor and investor, takes his entrepreneurship expertise to Udemy and launches The Essential Guide to Entrepreneurship by Guy Kawasaki Guy has more than 30 years of real world experience and 12 published books on what it takes to create a successful business,...