Courses Recommended MOOCs & Online Courses

[Carolyn]

Microsoft is now offering MOOCs on edX.

Microsoft MOOCs
Browse free online courses in a variety of subjects. Microsoft courses found below can be audited free or students can choose to receive a verified certificate for a small fee. Select a course to learn more.


VERIFIED
Microsoft
DEV202.3x
Building Cloud Apps with Microsoft Azure – Part 3
Starting Soon
June 16, 2015 - Self-paced


VERIFIED
Microsoft
DEV202.2x
Building Cloud Apps with Microsoft Azure – Part 2
Current
May 12, 2015


VERIFIED
Microsoft
DAT201x
Querying with Transact-SQL
Archived
April 14, 2015


PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Microsoft
INF201x
Windows PowerShell Fundamentals
Archived
April 14, 2015


VERIFIED
Microsoft
DEV203x
Introduction to Bootstrap – A Tutorial
Archived
April 7, 2015


VERIFIED
Microsoft
DEV204x
Programming with C#
Archived
April 7, 2015


VERIFIED
Microsoft
DEV201x
Introduction to TypeScript
Archived
March 31, 2015


VERIFIED
Microsoft
DEV202.1x
Building Cloud Apps with Microsoft Azure – Part 1
Archived
March 31, 2015

 

[Carolyn]

Software Defined Networking
12 Reviews
This course introduces software defined networking, an emerging paradigm in computer networking that allows a logically centralized software program to control the behavior of an entire network. Separating a network's control logic from the underlying physical routers and switches that forward traffic allows network operators to write high-level control programs ...
$0.00
May 25th

CTL.SC1x: Supply Chain and Logistics Fundamentals

25 Reviews
Companies worldwide are leveraging supply chain management to create and maintain a strategic competitive advantage. This trend, in turn, is fueling a growing demand for supply chain professionals. This course is the first of three in the Supply Chain Management XSeries that is specifically designed to teach the critical skills ...
$0.00
May 27th

Programming for Everybody (Python)
18 Reviews
This course is specifically designed to be a first programming course using the popular Python programming language. The pace of the course is designed to lead to mastery of each of the topics in the class. We will use simple data analysis as the programming exercises through the course. Understanding ...
$0.00
June 1st

Model Thinking
36 Reviews
We live in a complex world with diverse people, firms, and governments whose behaviors aggregate to produce novel, unexpected phenomena. We see political uprisings, market crashes, and a never ending array of social trends. How do we make sense of it? Models. Evidence shows that people who think with models ...
$0.00
June 1st

Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Human Mind, Our Modern World
30 Reviews
Fantasy is a key term both in psychology and in the art and artifice of humanity. The things we make, including our stories, reflect, serve, and often shape our needs and desires. We see this everywhere from fairy tale to kiddie lit to myth; from "Cinderella" to _Alice in Wonderland ...
$0.00
June 1st



Animal Behaviour
2 Reviews
Many of us derive inspiration from watching natural history documentaries and their astounding catalogue of wild animal behaviours. In this course, we will explore how scientists study animal behaviour, and in particular how behaviour is shaped by the evolutionary forces of natural and sexual selection. Topics include resource acquisition; avoiding ...
$0.00
June 1st

Introduction to Thermodynamics: Transferring Energy from Here to There
1 Reviews
This course will provide you with an introduction to the most powerful engineering principles you will ever learn: thermodynamics! Or the science of transferring energy from one place or form to another place or form. We will introduce the tools you need to analyze energy systems from solar panels, to
$0.0
June 1st

LFS101x.2: Introduction to Linux
77 Reviews
Develop a good working knowledge of Linux using both the graphical interface and command line, covering the major Linux distribution families. Linux powers 94% of the world’s supercomputers, most of the servers powering the Internet, the majority of financial trades worldwide and a billion Android devices. In short, Linux is ...
$0.00
June 2nd

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[Carolyn]

If you're looking for courses in business, John A. Byrne, former Business Week editor, has posted an article on LinkedIn, recommending some upcoming Business courses. Follow the link Best MOOC Business Courses For June.

Recommended courses

DIGITAL ANALYTICS FOR MARKETING PROFESSIONALS: MARKETING ANALYTICS IN THEORY / MAY 27 / UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

AN INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING / JUNE 1 / WHARTON

MARKETING FOR NON-MARKETERS / JUNE 16 / UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

MORE INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING / JUNE 19 / WHARTON

INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT / JUNE 1 / WHARTON

THE ROLE OF GLOBAL CAPITAL MARKETS / JUNE 6 / UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE / JUNE 1 / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

A LIFE OF HAPPINESS AND FULFILLMENT / JUNE 15 / INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN

ENHANCE YOUR CAREER AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS / JUNE 1 / UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

CONTENT STRATEGY FOR PROFESSIONALS 2: EXPANDING YOUR CONTENT’S IMPACT AND REACH / JUNE 1 / NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING: TOOLS FOR FACILITATING AND GUIDING BUSINESS DECISIONS / JUNE 22 / UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

MODEL THINKING / JUNE 1 / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP / JUNE 16 / STANFORD UNIVERSITY

THE SECRET POWER OF BRANDS / JUNE 1 / UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

INNOVATION: THE KEY TO BUSINESS SUCCESS / JUNE 8 / UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE AND FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS / JUNE 1 / UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

ADDITIONAL COURSES WORTH A LOOK
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[Carolyn]

MOOC Report is a monthly column published by Class Central at the beginning of each month. It aims to provide a comprehensive list of courses starting that month.

Self paced courses are not included in the report, but can be found at Class Central.

See the list of 207 courses

Ten most popular MOOCs starting in June, 2015

1. Visual Design
2. Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World
3. Introduction to Big Data with Apache Spark
4. Scalable Machine Learning
5. Text Mining and Analytics
6. Human-Computer Interaction Design
7. Digital Analytics for Marketing Professionals: Marketing Analytics in Practice
8. A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment
9. Calculus 1A: Differentiation
10. Managerial Accounting: Tools for Facilitating and Guiding Business Decisions

 

[Carolyn]

For MoocLab's independent review and rating of Udemy, click here​

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10. Copywriting White Papers – the $3,000 jackpot

31 Reviews
1842 Students
£71
Len Smith
Freelance copywriter and communications consultant

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9. Become a Pharmacy Technician

20 Reviews
958 Students
£157
Steven Pettit, Pharm.D.
Pharmacist

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8. Becoming A Writer

271 Reviews
13105 Students
£40
Cathy Presland
Author, Speaker, Strategist.

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7. Self-Publish Your Children's Book - From Start to Finish

17 Reviews
1574 Students
£155
Tim Johnson
Children's Author, Entrepreneur, Engineer

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6. Corporate Valuation: How To Value Companies and Mergers

3 Reviews
1577 Students
£157
Training The Street (TTS)
Preferred Choice of Financial Institutions

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5. How I made $100,000 my 1st year selling on Ebay No inventory

88 Reviews
865 Students
£786
David Vu
Serial Entrepreneur, World Traveler, Fisherman, Happiness Ambassador

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4. Create Your Own Hedge Fund - Trade Like A Wall Street Wizard

7 Reviews
644 Students
£234
Frank Bunn
Professional Trader

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3. Alibaba - How To Make Huge Margins Importing Products

28 Reviews
1740 Students
£283
Larry VanDenHandel
E-Commerce Entrepreneur, Web Developer

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2. The Ultimate Forex Trading Course 150 Videos

19 Reviews
706 Students
£783
Loz Lawn
Professional Forex Day Trader

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1. The Non-Technical Person's guide to building products & apps

53 Reviews
2423 Students
£155
Evan Kimbrell
Founder of Sprintkick | Ex-VC | Ex-startup founder

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[Carolyn]

Five brand new free online courses are now live on FutureLearn and ready for you to join, while many previous courses are getting ready to run again. Here’s a quick guide to them all.

The Informed Health Consumer: Making Sense of Evidence

Every day we read or hear about new health research that looks at what might help or harm, limit or extend our lives. But how do we judge how good that evidence is?

This four-week course from Cardiff University will help you understand the reliability and terminology of health research.

Weekly case studies will look at topics including the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine and severe pregnancy-related vomiting.

Find out more and join the course now – it starts 7 September.

Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Peak Performance

Tired, distracted and stressed by the pace of modern life? Mindfulness might be the solution. Mindfulness is essentially about being more aware and awake in every moment of your life.

On this practical six-week course, you’ll learn how to incorporate mindfulness practices into your life to reduce stress, improve mental health, and enhance your personal and professional life.

The course is led by experts from Monash University.

Find out more and join the course now – it starts 14 September.


Teaching Computing

This University of East Anglia course aims to help teachers in primary schools and at Key Stage 3, who are delivering the Computing curriculum, which was introduced in England in September 2014.

With a mixture of subject knowledge and pedagogical advice, the six-week course is aimed at both subject specialists and primary teaching non-specialists.

Combining two previous courses on FutureLearn, this new course includes the latest advice and will link to materials in the BBC Make It Digital initiative.

Find out more and join the course now – it starts 14 September.

Causes of Climate Change

This six-week course provides the basis for understanding the underlying physical processes governing climate variations in the past, present and future.

Experts from the University of Bergen will explain the main external forcing mechanisms such as the sun, volcanoes, and changes in greenhouse gasses and aerosols, which can contribute. They will also describe the important role of internal feedback mechanisms.

Find out more and join the course now – it starts 21 September.

Logical and Critical Thinking

Even though we’re called upon to use our critical and logical thinking skills all the time, most of us are are not that good at it. This eight-week course from The University of Auckland aims to help you develop and improve these skills.

You’ll learn how to: identify and avoid common thinking mistakes; recognise, reconstruct and evaluate arguments; and use basic logical tools to analyse arguments, in areas including science, moral theories and law.

Find out more and join the course now – it starts 28 September.


Returning courses
Many previous courses will be returning to FutureLearn in September:

Starting 7 September

• Heart Health: A Beginner’s Guide to Cardiovascular Disease
• Introduction to Journalism

Starting 14 September

• Identity, Conflict and Public Space
• Developing Your Research Project

Starting 21 September

• Understanding IELTS: Techniques for English Language Tests
• Decision Making in a Complex and Uncertain World

 

[benlucafelix]

Students can access their course at any time, from anywhere they can log on, in most cases. Courseware can be accessible for students when they need it. Students can review lectures, discussions, explanations, and comments.
medical device regulatory courses

 

[Carolyn]

If you're looking for courses in business, John A. Byrne, former Business Week editor, has posted an article on LinkedIn, recommending some upcoming Business courses. Follow the link Best MOOC Business Courses For July.

Recommended courses

Introduction to Corporate Finance / July 6 / Wharton School

Understanding the Federal Reserve / July 1 / New York Institute of Finance

Entrepreneurial Strategic Management / July 20 / University of New Mexico

Creative Problem Solving and Decision Making / June 28 / Delft

Introduction to Financial Accounting / July 10 / Wharton School

Quality Engineering and Management / July 1 / Technische Universität München

Lean Data Approaches to Measure Social Impact / July 9 / Acumen

The Global Business of Sports / July 6 / Wharton School

Inclusive Leadership Training: Becoming a Successful Leader / July 7 / Catalyst

Social Psychology / July 14 / Wesleyan University

Statistics For Business I / July 7 / Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore)

The Role of Global Capital Markets / July 6 / University of Melbourne

Social Entrepreneurship 101: Discovering Your Path And Passion To Change The World / July 7 / Acumen

Introduction to Financial and Management Accounting / July 6 / ACCA

Economics of Money and Banking, Part Two / July 5 / Barnard College

Globalization and You / July 7 / University of Washington

How to Succeed at Interviews / July 20 / University of Sheffield

Additional Business Courses for July
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[Paul Morris]

This series of three courses finished its first run on edX at the end of Feb 2015 and I write this review in the earnest hope and expectation that it will be repeated.

The courses are provided by Columbia University and presented by Eric Foner, one of the leading authorities on the Civil War and reconstruction period of US history. The courses each run over eight or nine weeks with around 1.5 - 2 hours of lectures per week. The three courses basically cover the run up to the war, the war itself and then reconstruction.

The lectures are filmed straight from his on campus course although, as most will be pleased to hear, they are edited into more user-friendly 10-15 minute segments. There are also additional discussions between Eric and Tim Shenk (a graduate student at Columbia who acts as chief teaching assistant for the courses). As is common in edX courses, there are also other elements included such as original source documents and images.

The assessment is based on weekly quizzes and a final exam (for each course) with the 60/40 weighting in favour of the weekly quizzes. The pass mark is 70%, which is not difficult if you pay reasonable attention--but don't do as I did and mix up my dates in the last two weeks of the third course and miss two assessments and the final! Verified certificates are available and the courses also form a XSeries--which means you can earn an overall certificate for completing all three on a verified basis.

The course is presented in perfectly standard edX format so if you have taken a there course before, you know what to expect and if you haven't, well, you'll soon get used to it! Alternatively, you could take the short edX 'Demo' course which introduces the various features.

So much for the technicalities. Simply put, this sequence of courses represents one of the best learning experiences in which I have had the privilege to participate. Professor Foner is authoritative yet relaxed in style and not adverse to introducing a little humour even at the grimmest points of the narrative. He has a clear view on the causes and effects of the civil war with which some may be uncomfortable at the outset but he makes a convincing, not to say inarguable, case. Those who come into the course with a romanticised view of the Southern states and the Confederacy will surely find such views challenged. Equally, reconstruction is tackled head on challenging stereotypical views of 'carpetbaggers' while facing up to the problems and ultimate failure of the period.

Eric Foner is a natural and engaging speaker. The lectures are well-paced covering a lot of ground without getting too caught up in minutiae but always have time to explore interesting asides and some personal stories. If nothing else, students should leave the course appreciating that while the situation was complex with many shades or grey, Professor Foner is clear in his belief that the casus belli was ultimately one simple issue: the 'peculiar institution' of slavery.

I should, for the sake of balance, add a few caveats. As is common in most MOOCs, the assessment is far from rigorous, assuming you keep up to date there is no reason why most students should not achieve a good pass. The discussions with Tim Shenk do not always flow as easily as they might although this may simply be because of the contrast with Foner's relaxed speaking style in lectures. The discussion forums are quite lively but there were some students with very entrenched positions who could be rather tedious and repetitive--on the other hand there were some whose knowledge of the topic was so such as to be quite intimidating (not something I normally experience). Finally, those whose interests are primarily military may find the courses less satisfying. Eric's interests lie primarily in the political and social aspects of war and his coverage of the conflict itself is fairly broad brush.

My recommendation, bookmark these courses now ready for the next run (or enrol in the archived version and enjoy the content without the stress of worrying about assessments or certificates).

 

[Carolyn]

Seven brand new free online courses are now live on FutureLearn and ready for you to join, while many previous courses are getting ready to run again. Here’s a quick guide to them all.

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The Science of Nutrition
Are we really what we eat? And how do we know what is in our food? This course from The Open University will answer such questions, looking at the biology, chemistry and physics behind nutrition.

Over four weeks, you’ll look at the components of food that are given on food labels and consider how these are processed by the body.

Find out more and join the course now – it starts 21 September.


Improving the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents: from Evidence to Action
This six-week course will explore the lifecycle from birth to adulthood, looking at adolescent, reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health.

Each week will focus on a different area, inviting you to discuss the most recent data, and the current policy, programme and research debates with experts from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Find out more and join the course now – it starts 28 September.

Antimicrobial Stewardship: Managing Antibiotic Resistance
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that without urgent action, we’re heading for an era in which common infections, which have been treatable with antibiotics for decades, can kill once more.

This six-week course from the University of Dundee is designed to help healthcare professionals understand antibiotic resistance, and how the practice of antimicrobial stewardship can slow down or reduce it.

Find out more and join the course now – it starts 28 September.

The European Discovery of China
You can explore Chinese history through the eyes of Western travellers, discoverers and missionaries, with this eight-week course.

It’s the first FutureLearn course from Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona and promises to shed light on fascinating topics – from the Silk Road to the rise of Genghis Khan to the travels of Marco Polo.

Find out more and join the course now – it starts 28 September.

Digital Storytelling: Filmmaking for the Web
The University of Birmingham, the BBC Academy and Creative Skillset have combined forces, to create this four-week course.

It will look at filmmaking theory and practice, and how they interact to produce good and even meaningful stories, helping you develop short films for digital platforms.

Find out more and join the course now – it starts 28 September.

Superpowers of the Ancient World: the Near East
Travel, diplomacy, trade and warfare all feature in this University of Liverpool course. Over four weeks, you’ll track the ancient Egyptian, Mitannian and Hittite superpowers, and see how they contested the Syria-Palestine lands.

You’ll examine objects from the University’s Garstang Museum of Archaeology, seeing how experts use artefacts to reconstruct the past.

Find out more and join the course now – it starts 28 September.

The Internet of Things
Learn how Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) technology works – and how to create a successful product or company using it – with this free online course from King’s College London.

It’s ideal for practising engineers, industrialists, researchers and entrepreneurs, who want to be ready for Industry 4.0 – the the next global or fourth industrial revolution.

Find out more and join the course now – it starts 23 November.


Returning courses
Many previous courses will be returning to FutureLearn in September and October:

Starting 14 September

• Challenging Wealth and Income Inequality
• Empire: the Controversies of British Imperialism

Starting 21 September

• Begin Robotics

Starting 28 September

• Managing People: Engaging Your Workforce
• Corpus Linguistics: Method, Analysis, Interpretation
• A Beginner’s Guide to Writing in English for University Study

To view MoocLab's independent review of FutureLearn, click here.

 

[Carolyn]

Based on CourseTalk's course ratings, here are the current 5 top rated upcoming courses with 5 reviews or more:

Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1

• 5 star rating
• 33 Reviews
• Free

In this course you will learn several fundamental principles of algorithm design. You'll learn the divide-and-conquer design paradigm, with applications to fast sorting, searching, and multiplication. You'll learn several blazingly fast primitives for computing on graphs, such as how to compute connectivity information and shortest paths. Finally, we'll study how allowing the computer to "flip coins" can lead to elegant and practical algorithms and data structures. Learn the answers to questions such as: How do data structures like heaps, hash tables, bloom filters, and balanced search trees actually work, anyway? How come QuickSort runs so fast? What can graph algorithms tell us about the structure of the Web and social networks? Did my 3rd-grade teacher explain only a suboptimal algorithm for multiplying two numbers?


Statistics One

• 4 star rating
• 19 Reviews
• Free

Statistics One is designed to be a comprehensive yet friendly introduction to fundamental concepts in statistics. Comprehensive means that this course provides a solid foundation for students planning to pursue more advanced courses in statistics. Friendly means exactly that. The course assumes very little background knowledge in statistics and introduces new concepts with several fun and easy to understand examples.

This course is, quite literally, for everyone. If you think you can't learn statistics, this course is for you. If you had a statistics course before but feel like you need a refresher, this course is for you. Even if you are a relatively advanced researcher or analyst, this course provides a foundation and a context that helps to put one’s work into perspective.

Statistics One also provides an introduction to the R programming language. All the examples and assignments will involve writing code in R and interpreting R output. R software is free! What this means is you can download R, take this course, and start programming in R after just a few lectures. That said, this course is not a comprehensive guide to R or to programming in general.


Introduction to Financial and Management Accounting

• 4 star rating
• 5 Reviews
• Free

Interested in a career in business? Knowledge of finance will be key to your success. This Introduction to Financial and Management Accounting course is an ideal starting point if you want to:

• Start a career in business, finance or accountancy
• Study business or finance at school or college
• Launch your own start-up
• Prepare for ACCA’s exams in Recording Financial Transactions (FA1) and Management Information (MA1).

And the best thing is you do not need any previous knowledge of accounting- Simply sign up and start your learning journey.

This course does not offer an edX certificate. For learners who would like to earn an ACCA certificate for this course, please register with ACCA as a student. Once you pass ACCA’s computer-based exams on demand, you will need to complete an online and interactive module on the "Foundations in Professionalism." Upon completion of this module, you be awarded the Introductory Certificate in Financial and Management Accounting from ACCA.


Introduction to Philosophy

• 4 star rating
• 28 Reviews
• Free

This course will introduce you to some of the main areas of research in contemporary philosophy. Each week a different philosopher will talk you through some of the most important questions and issues in their area of expertise. We’ll begin by trying to understand what philosophy is – what are its characteristic aims and methods, and how does it differ from other subjects? Then we’ll spend the rest of the course gaining an introductory overview of several different areas of philosophy. Topics you’ll learn about will include: * Epistemology, where we’ll consider what our knowledge of the world and ourselves consists in, and how we come to have it; * Philosophy of science, where we’ll investigate foundational conceptual issues in scientific research and practice; * Philosophy of Mind, where we’ll ask questions about what it means for something to have a mind, and how minds should be understood and explained; * Moral Philosophy, where we’ll attempt to understand the nature of our moral judgements and reactions – whether they aim at some objective moral truth, or are mere personal or cultural preferences, and; * Metaphysics, where we’ll think through some fundamental conceptual questions about the nature of reality. The development of this MOOC has been led by the University of Edinburgh's research centre.

The Biology of Water and Health - Part 1

• 4 star rating
• 6 Reviews
• Free

This course from Tufts University examines increasingly critical water-related issues through a distinctly global and interdisciplinary lens.

In Part 1 of the course, you will explore the multi-faceted ways in which water and human health are interrelated, including the influence of waterborne pathogens on public health and the central role of water quantity and quality in preserving health through adequate sanitation and hygiene.

The unique interdisciplinary approach of this course gives the general public, as well as health professionals in a variety of fields, a provocative introduction to the public health and human engineering components involved in the provision of safe water and sanitation. It provides an interdisciplinary framework for understanding the place of water in health policy and engineering by helping participants give informed voice to the ways in which water is involved in social interactions, belief systems, and the economics of an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world.

Part 2 of this course, focusing on creating sustainable interventions for safe water, will begin on Tuesday, September 29, 2015.

This course is the first in a 2-part series that will be offered in 2014-2015 by Tufts University. All course content is openly licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license. After the conclusion of the course, materials will be available through edX as well on the Tuft University Open Courseware website.

To see MoocLab's independent reviews of the platforms offering these courses, click on the links below:

 

[Carolyn]

The following list was compiled by Class Central based on how many Class Central users have added a particular course to MOOC Tracker – their watchlist feature.

Data Visualization
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via Coursera
Learn how to transform information from a format efficient for computation into a format efficient for human perception, cognition, and communication.
Go To Class | Next Session : 20th Jul, 2015

BIO101x: The Immune System: New Developments in Research – Part 1
Osaka University via edX
Basic principles of immunology including the latest topics leading to novel therapeutic approaches.
Go To Class | Next Session : 7th Jul, 2015

Calc001x: Pre-University Calculus
Delft University of Technology via edX
Mathematics is the language of Science, Engineering and Technology. Calculus is an elementary Mathematical course in any Science and Engineering Bachelor. Pre-university Calculus will prepare you for the Introductory Calculus courses by revising four important mathematical subjects that are assumed to be mastered by beginning Bachelor students.
Go To Class | Next Session : 14th Jul, 2015

ColWri3.5x: “Dubliners” by Joyce: BerkeleyX Book Club
University of California, Berkeley via edX
Reading, discussing, and writing about James Joyce’s short story collection, Dubliners.
Go To Class | Next Session : 1st Jul, 2015

Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Johns Hopkins University via Coursera
Learn to assess data from clinical trials by performing systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Go To Class | Next Session : 13th Jul, 2015

Effective Altruism
Princeton University via Coursera
Effective altruists not only care about doing good, they care about doing the most good they can. Effective altruists take an evidence-backed and unsentimental approach to donating their time and money. In this course we discuss the underlying idea of effective altruism, as well as the practical implications of it.
Go To Class | Next Session : Jul, 2015

The Role of Global Capital Markets
University of Melbourne via Coursera
In this course, participants will learn about how different markets around the world can interact to create value for, and effectively manage the risk of, corporations and their stakeholders.
Go To Class | Next Session : 6th Jul, 2015

Soils: Introducing the World Beneath Our Feet
Lancaster University via FutureLearn
Learn about soils, the variety of life they contain and how humans impact this fragile system, with this free online course.
Go To Class | Next Session : 6th Jul, 2015

Programming Cloud Services for Android Handheld Systems: Security
Vanderbilt University via Coursera
This course introduces students to basic issues in mobile cloud security, malware, and secure client/server communication. Students will learn about security risks in Android and cloud services, threat mitigation strategies, secure coding practices, and tools for managing security of devices.
Go To Class | Next Session : 29th Jul, 2015

PFLC1x: On-Ramp to AP* French Language and Culture
Weston High School via edX
A three week class to boost your confidence before starting your AP French Language and Culture class.
Go To Class | Next Session : 1st Jul, 2015

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[Carolyn]

See the latest list of 190+ free business courses or #Moocs on #entrepreneurship, #management + more in FT Mooc Tracker:

http://on.ft.com/17Pi2VN

MOOC Tracker is the Financial Times' compilation of free massive open online business courses from around the world.

 

[CourseBuffet]

For those looking for Philosophy courses like Introduction to Philosopy we have grouped them together to make it easier to compare in an "Apples to Apples" way.
Check out the courses here.

 

[Amy]

Hi, I'm sharing information about Smartly, a new product in beta that teaches courses in business. You can sign up for free at https://smart.ly. The site is designed for incoming business school students, but the content is relevant to anyone who is interested in business and entrepreneurship. Classes include accounting, statistics, finance, microeconomics, and strategy. Courses are designed to be funny & engaging--a different way to learn compared to passive learning approaches of traditional MOOCs. Hope you enjoy it & find it useful!

 

[Nedzad]

I've registered to try beta. So, later I'll write my feedback from this platform

 

[nema]

Constitutional Struggles in the Muslim World will run again this coming October. Dr. Afsah is an extraordinary instructor at Copenhagen. His course provides the kind of historical background that allows those of us, in the Western world particularly, to better understand the diverse cultures , their goals, and their perspectives, all of which contribute to the strife in the Middle East.

 

[Peter Abraldes]

I started the year 2015 taking two Coursera classes : Galaxies and Cosmology and Information Theory. I ended up dropping both due to some health problems - now resolved.

I plan to take Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Computer Science Applications (starts 2 Feb) and Introduction to Clinical Neurology although I will likely only stay with one of those two. I just added Understanding the Brain: The Neurobiology of Everyday Life I have also been working hard to crunch through Khan Academy math skills. I am going to apply to graduate schools later this year and I want to refresh my rusty skills. I also am going to try Calculus One via Coursera.

In 2015, I also want to complete the specialization Perception, Action and the Brain so when a session of Perception, Action and the Brain Final Project is offered, I will take that.

I have taken a few other classes via EdX and Udacity, so I will keep an eye on them as well. I did not know about iVersity, thanks to Simon, now I do. I will check it out.

My planning horizon for classes is only a few months out. MOOCs are like cosmology, it is an expanding universe.

Colin,
When do you plan on starting Calculus One? I would like to start soon.
Peter

 

[Carolyn]

I'd be really interested to know what you believe is the best MOOC ever from your experience. And what made it so great.

 

[LDK]

"Unlocking the Immunity to Change" at edX last year was truly amazing. The quality of the lectures and the course materials were excellent, and so were the "live" sessions with the Staff.
The course was structured around a personal self-improvement goal, and it ended up changing many of the students lives (including mine) for the better. Simply brilliant.

I don't know if it will be made available again, but I really hope so!