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MoocLab's Top Picks: 25 Free Online Courses starting in June 2016

Carolyn

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Hi. To save you time searching for the best free online courses out there, we have done the work for you by curating a list of some of the best MOOCs starting in June. Find courses in programming, computer science, arts & humanities, business, sciences and more

An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1)

This two-part course is designed to help students with very little or no computing background learn the basics of building simple interactive applications.

Introduction to CSS3
The web today is almost unrecognizable from the early days of white pages with lists of blue links. Now, sites are designed with complex layouts, unique fonts, and customized color schemes. This course will show you the basics of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS3). The emphasis will be on learning how to write CSS rules, how to test code, and how to establish good programming habits.

Machine Learning
  • Stanford University via Coursera
  • Starting May 30th
This course provides a broad introduction to machine learning, datamining, and statistical pattern recognition.

Machine Learning: Classification
In this course, you will create classifiers that provide state-of-the-art performance on a variety of tasks. You will become familiar with the most successful techniques, which are most widely used in practice, including logistic regression, decision trees and boosting.

Introduction to Game Development
If you love games and want to learn how to make them, then this course will start you down that path. Making games is a creative and technical art form. In this course you will familiarize yourself with the tools and practices of game development. You will get started developing your own videogames using the industry standard game development tools, including the Unity3D game engine and C#.

Software Security
This course we will explore the foundations of software security. We will consider important software vulnerabilities and attacks that exploit them -- such as buffer overflows, SQL injection, and session hijacking -- and we will consider defenses that prevent or mitigate these attacks, including advanced testing and program analysis techniques.

Songwriting
  • Berklee College of Music via Coursera
  • Starting May 30th
Learn the basic concepts and approaches needed to understand, create, and perform contemporary music.

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Comparing Theory and Practice
  • Leiden University via Coursera
  • Starting May 30th
Terrorism has arguably been one of the defining factors of our age. It frequently makes headlines, threatening or attacking governments, private business and ordinary citizens. And in many parts of the world, it has been one of the most important threats to peace, security and stability. But what does this exactly mean? What is the nature of this threat? Who or what is threatened, how, by whom and why? What can be done about it or how can we at least limit the impact of terrorism and make sure that terrorists do not make headlines and manage to scare us?

Grammar and Punctuation
Do you need to review English grammar? Have you forgotten the grammar you once studied? If so, this course is perfect for you.

Getting Started with Essay Writing
This is the second course in the Academic English: Writing specialization. By introducing you to three types of academic essays, this course will especially help prepare you for work in college classes, but anyone who wants to improve his or her writing skills can benefit from this course.

New Venture Finance: Startup Funding for Entrepreneurs
This course is for aspiring or active entrepreneurs who wants to understand how to secure funding for their company. This course will demystify key financing concepts to give entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs a guide to secure funding.

TROPIC101x: Tropical Coastal Ecosystems
  • University of Queensland via edX
  • Starting May 31st
Do you want to develop the skills and knowledge needed to help preserve tropical coastal ecosystems? These habitats provide goods and services for hundreds of millions of people but human activities have led to their global decline. TROPIC101x will introduce you to the incredible plants and animals that create these unique ecosystems.

Operations Management
  • Part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via Coursera
  • Starting June 1st
In this course, you will recognize the role of operations within the bigger picture of business strategy and master the fundamental aspects of managing the operations of a business.
This course is part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price. For more information, see About the iMBA.

A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment

  • Indian School of Business via Coursera
  • Starting June 6th
This course, based on the award-winning class offered both at the Indian School of Business and at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, developed by Prof. Raj Raghunathan (aka "Dr. Happy-smarts") draws content from a variety of fields, including psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral decision theory to offer a tested and practical recipe for leading a life of happiness and fulfillment.

The Science of the Solar System
  • California Institute of Technology via Coursera
  • Starting June 6th
Learn about the science behind the current exploration of the solar system in this free class. Use principles from physics, chemistry, biology, and geology to understand the latest from Mars, comprehend the outer solar system, ponder planets outside our solar system, and search for habitability in our neighborhood and beyond.

Medical Neuroscience
  • Duke University via Coursera
  • Starting June 6th
This online course is designed to include all of the core concepts in neurophysiology and clinical neuroanatomy that would be presented in most first-year neuroscience courses in schools of medicine.

Constitutional Struggles in the Muslim World
  • University of Copenhagen via Coursera
  • Starting June 6th
Learn what motivates the restive Muslim youth from Tunis to Tehran, what political positions Islamists from Mali to Chechnya are fighting for, where the seeming obsession with Islamic law comes from, where the secularists have vanished to, and whether it makes sense to speak of an Islamic state.

Teaching Character and Creating Positive Classrooms
  • Relay Graduate School of Education via Coursera
  • Starting June 6th
Positive psychology meets K-12 pedagogy. This course explores key ideas of positive psychology and shows how great teachers apply those lessons to maximize student engagement and accomplishment. Through lectures, discussions, interviews and footage of great educators in action, you’ll learn how to integrate character-based objectives into your own teaching.

Logical and Critical Thinking
  • University Of Auckland via FutureLearn
  • Starting June 6th
We are constantly being given reasons to do and believe things: to believe that we should buy a product, support a cause, accept a job, judge someone innocent or guilty, that fairness requires us to do some household chore, and so on. Assessing the reasons we are given to do or believe these things calls upon us to think critically and logically.

How Things Work: An Introduction to Physics
  • University of Virginia via Coursera
  • Starting June 6th
An introduction to physics in the context of everyday objects.

The Kennedy Half Century
  • University of Virginia via Coursera
  • Starting June 6th
This course will explore the Presidency, assassination, and lasting legacy of President John F. Kennedy. Students will learn how JFK’s life, administration, and tragic death have influenced the general public, the media, and each of the nine U.S. presidents who followed.

Algorithms for DNA Sequencing
We will learn computational methods -- algorithms and data structures -- for analyzing DNA sequencing data. We will learn a little about DNA, genomics, and how DNA sequencing is used. We will use Python to implement key algorithms and data structures and to analyze real genomes and DNA sequencing datasets.

Control of Mobile Robots
  • Georgia Institute of Technology via Coursera
  • Starting June 6th
Control of Mobile Robots is a course that focuses on the application of modern control theory to the problem of making robots move around in safe and effective ways. The structure of this class is somewhat unusual since it involves many moving parts - to do robotics right, one has to go from basic theory all the way to an actual robot moving around in the real world, which is the challenge we have set out to address through the different pieces in the course.

Quantitative Methods
This course will cover the fundamental principles of science, some history and philosophy of science, research designs, measurement, sampling and ethics. The course is comparable to a university level introductory course on quantitative research methods in the social sciences, but has a strong focus on research integrity. We will use examples from sociology, political sciences, educational sciences, communication sciences and psychology.

AST111x: Introduction to Solar Systems Astronomy
  • Eligible for Credit
  • Arizona State University via edX
  • Starting June 6th
In this introductory 4-credit hour lecture and laboratory course, we will explore the origins, structure, contents, and evolution of our solar system and exosolar planetary systems. We will cover the history of astronomy, properties of light, instruments, the study of the solar system and nearby stars.
 
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