July 19, 2012

Office of the President Coursera 1975 El Camino Real, Suite 202 Mountain View, CA 94040-2218 Re: Online Courses Dear Sir/Madam: This letter is to advise you that none of the colleges or universities that were listed on your web site as offering online classes through Coursera are authorized to offer any classes, programs, or degrees online to Minnesota residents where the student does not leave the state of Minnesota for at least half of the class, program, or degree. (See Minn. Stat. 136A.61 to 136A.71) This statute applies to out-of-state public institutions as well as private institutions. Minnesota residents should not be allowed to enroll in any of the online classes being offered by the schools through Coursera. If you should have any questions about this matter please feel free to call me at 651-259-3975 at your convenience. Yours truly,

George R. Roedler, Jr. Manager, Institutional Registration & Licensing

August 17, 2012

Mr. Andrew Ng Coursera 1975 El Camino Real, Suite 202 Mountain View, CA 94040-2218 Re: Online Courses Dear Mr. Ng: Thank you for your email and for speaking with me on August 15, 2012. Based on your email and our conversation it is the understanding of this office that Coursera facilitates the offering of online courses that have been developed by a number of universities and/or their faculty. It is further the understanding of this office that Coursera is not a college or university and does not offer or make available its own courses, degrees, or programs and is not therefore subject to Registration pursuant to Minn. Stat. 136A.61 to 136A.71 the Minnesota Private and Out-of-State Public Postsecondary Education Act. It is the position of this office, however, that the colleges and universities that developed and are providing the courses to Coursera are subject to Minn. Stat. 136A.61 to 136A.71 the Minnesota Private and Out-of-State Public Postsecondary Education Act and that they would all be required to Register with this office if Minnesota residents are allowed to enroll in the classes facilitated by Courser. Coursera has proposed that the Terms of Service Agreement that users agree to in order to have access to the courses facilitated by Coursera be amended by adding the following statement: Coursera has been informed by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education that under Minnesota Statutes (136A.61 to 136A.71), a university cannot offer online courses to Minnesota residents unless the university has received authorization from the State of Minnesota to do so. If you are a resident of Minnesota, you agree that either (1) you will not take courses on Coursera, or (2) for each class that you take, the majority of work you do for the class will be done from outside the State of Minnesota. The above statement allows students to self-certify their residency for purposes of enrolling or not enrolling in Coursera classes, and is satisfactory to this office.

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Please note, I have added the word online to the second line of the self-certify statement above for the purposes of clarifying what it applied to. This letter is not to be construed as diminishing the obligations of the Coursera, the colleges and universities that provide courses to Coursera, or the Minnesota Office Higher Education with regard to any undisclosed purposes or activities which may be subject to regulation by the State of Minnesota, including requiring any of the colleges or universities to Register pursuant to Minn. Stat. 136A.61 to 136A.71. If you should have any questions about this matter please feel free to call me at 651-259-3975 at your convenience. Yours truly,

George R. Roedler, Jr. Manager, Institutional Registration & Licensing