Are you a health professional looking to deepen your knowledge in a particular area? Or perhaps you are looking to explore a career in healthcare. Whatever your situation, there is an abundance of online courses available on the subject of Health (many of them free).
To help you cut through the noise, we have curated a list of new and popular MOOCs and degrees in Health created by top universities from around the world covering everything from Health Informatics to Healthcare Management, to Public Health, to Psychology, and everything in between.
Note: While many of these courses have paid options, they can all be audited for free, either in full or in part (with the exception of degrees). If you’re new to MOOCs, you can learn more about them in MoocLab's MOOC Help Centre.
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To help you cut through the noise, we have curated a list of new and popular MOOCs and degrees in Health created by top universities from around the world covering everything from Health Informatics to Healthcare Management, to Public Health, to Psychology, and everything in between.
Note: While many of these courses have paid options, they can all be audited for free, either in full or in part (with the exception of degrees). If you’re new to MOOCs, you can learn more about them in MoocLab's MOOC Help Centre.
Public Health

Vital Signs: Understanding What the Body Is Telling Us
Offered by University of Pennsylvania. The vital signs – heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, respiration rate, and pain – ... Enroll for free.


DoaneX: Food as Medicine: Preventing and Reversing Chronic Disease
This course will soon be retiring. Last day to upgrade is June 18th, 2023. Heart disease and many other common, chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, many autoimmune disorders, and even some cancers, are all caused by the same thing...the Standard American Diet. But the good news is that...

COVID-19 Training for Healthcare Workers
Offered by Stanford University. COVID-19 is rapidly spreading across the globe and all providers must be prepared to recognize, stabilize ... Enroll for free.


Epidemiology in Public Health Practice
Offered by Johns Hopkins University. Enroll for free.


WageningenX: Nutrition, Heart Disease and Diabetes
This MOOC is currently unavailable due to being updated. A new start date will be available soon for you to enrol in! Discover the latest insights on the importance of nutrition and lifestyle in the development and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus in the online open...

WageningenX: Nutrition and Cancer
Cancer has overtaken cardiovascular disease (CVD) as the leading cause of death in many parts of the world. It causes one in eight deaths worldwide. Global trends show that the majority of all cancer deaths occur in the low- and middle-income countries. Yet, cancer can be partly prevented and...

Epidemiology for Public Health
Offered by Imperial College London. Design and Critique Epidemiological Research. Develop skills that will allow you to conduct and ... Enroll for free.


Fundamentals of Immunology
Offered by Rice University. Learn basic concepts and vocabulary in immunology!. Analyze new developments in immunological therapies designed ... Enroll for free.


Viruses & How to Beat Them: Cells, Immunity, Vaccines
Learn how our immune system fights viral disease and make better vaccination decisions with a clearer understanding of Cells, Viruses, and Immunity.

SDGAcademyX: Global Public Health
Understanding the value of health not just as a benefit or right of individuals, but as a global public need.

Understanding Disease Outbreaks - Global Health Course - FutureLearn
Understand disease outbreaks and learn how to prepare for them with this online global health course from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Vaccines and Infectious Diseases - Online Course
Healthcare professionals learn how vaccines can prevent infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance with this online healthcare course from BSAC.
COVID-19

COVID-19 Contact Tracing
Learn COVID-19 Contact Tracing from Johns Hopkins University. The COVID-19 crisis has created an unprecedented need for contact tracing across the country, requiring thousands of people to learn key skills quickly. The job qualifications for ...


COVID-19 Training for Healthcare Workers
Offered by Stanford University. COVID-19 is rapidly spreading across the globe and all providers must be prepared to recognize, stabilize ... Enroll for free.


StanfordOnline: COVID-19 Training for Healthcare Workers
COVID-19 is rapidly spreading across the globe and all providers must be prepared to recognize, stabilize, and treat patients with novel coronavirus infection. This rapid-fire, self-paced course focuses on the critical information required to care for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic...

COVID-19: What You Need to Know
Offered by Osmosis. Register for this free course here: ... Enroll for free.


Managing COVID-19 in General Practice - Online Course - FutureLearn
Get practical advice and support on how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic as a healthcare professional with this online course from St George's University.

COVID-19 Critical Care - Free Online Course - FutureLearn
Learn the principles and practice of critical care to treat critically ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic with this free critical care online course.

COVID-19 - A clinical update
Offered by University of Florida. As an expert in infectious diseases, editor of the Journal of Infectious Diseases and author of the ... Enroll for free.


Detecting COVID-19 with Chest X-Ray using PyTorch
Complete this Guided Project in under 2 hours. In this 2-hour long guided project, we will use a ResNet-18 model and train it on a COVID-19 Radiography ...


Physics of COVID-19 Transmission
Learn about the scientific principles behind the airborne transmission of COVID-19, and how quantitative safety guideline may be derived to assess the risk of transmission.

HarvardX: Mechanical Ventilation for COVID-19
This course will provide licensed medical professionals with an understanding of mechanical ventilation so they can support the critical care team caring for patients receiving mechanical ventilation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Crisis Nursing - Online Course - FutureLearn
Learn from nurses in crisis zones about how to provide low-resource care during the coronavirus pandemic in this free online course from Johns Hopkins University.

Pandemics, Modelling, and Policy - Online Course - FutureLearn
Discover how computer modelling can help policymakers manage coronavirus COVID-19, in this online course from UNESCO UNITWIN Complex Systems Digital Campus.
Psychology

Introduction to Psychology
Offered by Yale University. What are people most afraid of? What do our dreams mean? Are we natural-born racists? What makes us happy? What ... Enroll for free.


Social Psychology
Offered by Wesleyan University. Ever wonder why people do what they do? This course—which includes more than $1,000 of video and reading ... Enroll for free.


UQx: Introduction to Developmental Psychology
Learn how we develop over our lifetime, including our ability to think, communicate, and form social attachments.
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Introduction to Cognitive Psychology - Psychology Course - FutureLearn
Explore cognitive psychology and learn how to use experiments to study the mind with this short, flexible learning course from the University of York.
Healthcare Management

The Business of Health Care
Offered by University of Pennsylvania. Advance your career in health care management. Develop business skills and understand the American ... Enroll for free.


Healthcare Trends for Business Professionals
Offered by Northeastern University . Navigate the New Business of Healthcare. Understand the interconnected nature of healthcare to make a ... Enroll for free.


Healthcare Marketplace
Offered by University of Minnesota. Launch your career in the healthcare marketplace. Master your understanding of the complex and wealthy ... Enroll for free.


Patient Safety
Offered by Johns Hopkins University. Become a Leader in Patient Safety. Master the strategies and tools to implement effective patient ... Enroll for free.


Strategic Leadership in Healthcare
Develop your own leadership style, while also coaching and mentoring teams to promote individual growth and improve organizational outcomes.

Healthcare Organization and Delivery Models
Learn how the structure and delivery of healthcare systems can greatly impact health outcomes.

Improving Healthcare Through Clinical Research - FutureLearn
Find out how medical treatments are discovered, tested and evaluated to improve healthcare for all with this online course from the University of Leeds.

HKPolyUx: Shared Decision Making and Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care
This is the first MOOC on Shared Decision Making and Interprofessional Collaboration. Join Prof Elwyn and numerous renowned experts in various health care fields as they share their first hand experiences, eliciting profound insights on how they affect your health outcomes.
Health Informatics

Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics
Offered by University of Cape Town. If you’ve ever skipped over the results section of a medical paper because terms like “confidence ... Enroll for free.


Statistical Analysis with R for Public Health
Offered by Imperial College London. Master Statistics for Public Health and Learn R. Develop your statistical thinking skills and learn key ... Enroll for free.


Health Informatics
Offered by Johns Hopkins University. Learn To Tackle Health IT & Big Data the Right Way. Become a leader in the dynamic and rapidly growing ... Enroll for free.


Biostatistics in Public Health
Offered by Johns Hopkins University. Build Statistical Skills for Biological Sciences. Master the tools and methods you need to analyze, ... Enroll for free.


RITx: Data Analytics and Visualization in Health Care
Learn best practices in data analytics, informatics, and visualization to gain literacy in data-driven, strategic imperatives that affect all facets of health care.

GTx: Health Informatics: The Cutting Edge
Some of the key focus areas for health informatics research and development

DoaneX: BioStatistics
This college-level Biostatistics course will teach you the skills required for success in future analytical studies in biology. This course is eligible for Audit and Verified Certificate only.

Data Science for Healthcare - Online Course
Understand real world evidence (RWE) and real world data (RWD) and learn how to use them in healthcare, with this online course from InnoEnergy.

Protecting Health Data - Online GDPR Course - FutureLearn
Learn about the General Data Protection Regulation and how it can help you to protect health data, with this online course from the University of Groningen.
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Writing in the Sciences
Offered by Stanford University. This course teaches scientists to become more effective writers, using practical examples and exercises. ... Enroll for free.


Stanford Introduction to Food and Health
Offered by Stanford University. Around the world, we find ourselves facing global epidemics of obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and other ... Enroll for free.


Science of Exercise
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder. Learners who complete Science of Exercise will have an improved physiological understanding of ... Enroll for free.


Dentistry - Free Online Healthcare Course - FutureLearn
Explore the impact dentistry has on our lives, from tooth anatomy to dental treatment ethics, with this free online course from the University of Sheffield.

Young People and Mental Health - Mental Health Training - FutureLearn
Learn how to identify and manage mental health problems as a young person and the best practices to improve your mental wellbeing with this online course from Cambridge University.

Understanding Anxiety, Depression and CBT - Online Cour
Improve your understanding of depression and anxiety and find out more about an effective and evidence-based treatment: CBT
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Degrees & Graduate Certificates

Master of Business Administration (Health Care Sector) - Degree - FutureLearn
Explore the unique global challenges faced by leaders and managers within health and social care organisations and gain the skills and knowledge required to deliver quality health services and respond to future demands.

MSc Nursing - Degree - FutureLearn
Experience life-changing learning and benefit from enhanced career development with the MSc Nursing, designed to equip nursing professionals with postgraduate nursing skills demanded globally.

Online Degrees from Top Global Universities - FutureLearn
Find online degrees from leading universities in a large range of subjects and levels. Earn an internationally recognised qualification at your own pace.

Online Degrees from Top Global Universities - FutureLearn
Find online degrees from leading universities in a large range of subjects and levels. Earn an internationally recognised qualification at your own pace.

Online Degrees from Top Global Universities - FutureLearn
Find online degrees from leading universities in a large range of subjects and levels. Earn an internationally recognised qualification at your own pace.
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