A student should clearly know what courses they are enrolled in—the revised version of the Dashboard reflects this by consolidating all current, inactive, and completed courses into one view.
In addition, students who are aware of how much progress they have made will have better judgement on whether they can finish a course they have put aside. The updated Course card design has a progress indicator so students who have almost finished a course can see whether they can pick it up back up again.
The revised version of course discovery on Coursera is driven by the concept that students who are more informed about the education options they have will learn more through choosing the right content to consume.
Deciding on a course to take is not a trivial task—it can be extremely intimidating to start a curriculum. In the updated design, information that is useful for deciding whether to enroll in a course is present on Course and Specialization cards without needing to hover over anything.
In the current version of the Explore page, students can only filter through courses once they've reached a Topic page. By abstracting the filter mechanism to the Explore view, students can narrow down courses directly. Search also accommodates for this functionality. Both these in tandem absolve the need to "curate" lists of courses for the user.
In addition, each row title explicitly mentions why the courses displayed are relevant to the student. Not only does this presentation make it clear to the student why they might enroll, but it also lets them know that their learning habits on the platform are being used to benefit them.