MOOCs

Only the best Massive Open Online Courses and how you can take advantage of them.

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Coursera

Coursera is an education platform that partners with top universities and organizations worldwide, to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free.

Examples of CS related courses offered include

• Software Engineering

  • Code Yourself! An Introduction to Programming

  • Programming for Everbody (Python)

  • Beginning Game Programming with C#

  • More...

• Artificial Intelligence

  • Machine Learning

  • Computational Neuroscience

  • Game Theory

  • More...

• Systems & Security

  • Cryptography

  • Software Security

  • Hardware Security

  • More...

• Theory

  • Logic: Language and Information 1

  • Principles of Computing (Part 1)

  • Finding Hidden Messages in DNA (Bioinformatics I)

  • More...

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edX

EdX offers interactive online classes and MOOCs from the world’s best universities, colleges and organizations.

Online courses from MITx, HarvardX, BerkeleyX, UTx and many other universities can be taken here.

Examples of CS related courses offered include

• Introduction to Computer Science from HarvardX

• Introduction to Linux from LinuxFoundationX

• Artificial Intelligence

• Linear Algebra - Foundations to Frontiers from UTAustinX

  • Linear Algebra (MAT 208) is a mandatory course for Computer Science majors here at Hampton.

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Khan Academy

Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.

They tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more.

Examples of CS related courses offered include

• Computer Programming

  • Intro to JS: Drawing & Animation

  • Advanced JS: Games & Visualizations

  • Advanced JS: Natural Simulations

  • HTML/CSS: Making webpages

  • HTML/JS: Making webpages interactive

• Computer Science

  • Algorithms

  • Journey into Cryptography

  • Journey into Information Theory

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