Australian job-search platform Seek has bought interest in the shares of online education firms, UK's FutureLearn and U.S. Coursera, for a combined purchase price of $142 million.

Seek purchased a 50 percent stake in FutureLearn for approximately $92 million.

Additionally, the company also acquired a minority interest in Coursera for $50 million.

Seek noted that the transactions will be funded via a mixture of cash and its existing credit facilities.