With the new funding, he [Andrew Ng, Coursera co-founder] said, the company plans to focus on several key areas, including:
New mobile apps (coming in the next few months)
Deeper international expansion through translation and distribution partnerships
Opening up Coursera to enable third-party apps and integrations (long term, the plan is to open up APIs, but in the short term they'll enable university partners to integrate other apps with Coursera)
New features to encourage more collaboration between students
When I pointed this out on Twitter, Burck Smith of StraighterLine got it right when he said "Sounds like an LMS".
Five trustees have bolted from Thunderbird since the $66-million deal was announced, in March, saying the relationship with Laureate will damage the business school's brand and erode academic quality. The move is pending approval by the school's accreditor, the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, in October.