Coursera can shut down your account at any time, for any reason or no reason at all, without necessarily giving you advance notice.
Coursera can terminate your account without cause, which means you could lose access to paid course content, professional certificates, or degree program materials with no guaranteed refund or appeal process.
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Compare across platforms →If your account is terminated, you could lose access to courses you've paid for, certificates you've earned, and learning progress — with limited recourse under these Terms.
1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Unilateral termination clauses in consumer contracts are reviewed under FTC Act Section 5 for unfairness where consumers have pre-paid for services. State consumer protection statutes — particularly California's Consumers Legal Remedies Act (Cal. Civ. Code § 1770) and New York General Business Law § 349 — may apply if termination is arbitrary and accompanied by denial of refund. FERPA compliance may be implicated if termination severs institutional learners' access to their education records. 2)
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