Class-Central.com has come up with a list of the top 50 free online courses of all time based on thousands of reviews written by their users.
“When I launched Class Central back in November 2011, there were around 18 or so free online courses and almost all of them were at Stanford. Now there are close to 6,000 MOOCs from 600+ universities around the world,” explained Dhawal Shah, Founder and CEO of Class Central.
This is the list:
- An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1)
Rice University via Coursera
- Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”)
University of Pennsylvania via Coursera
- A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment
Indian School of Business via Coursera
- Coding in your Classroom, Now!
University of Urbino via EMMA
- Introduction to Programming with MATLAB
Vanderbilt University via Coursera
- What Is a Mind?
University of Cape Town via FutureLearn
- ER22.1x: Justice
Harvard University via edX
- Machine Learning
Stanford University via Coursera
- Introduction to Complexity
Santa Fe Institute via Complexity Explorer
- Understanding Dementia
University of Tasmania via Independent
- Learn to Program: The Fundamentals
University of Toronto via Coursera
- The Science of the Solar System
California Institute of Technology via Coursera
- The Bible’s Prehistory, Purpose, and Political Future
Emory University via Coursera
- The Great Poem Series: Unbinding Prometheus
via OpenLearning
- Functional Programming Principles in Scala
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne via Coursera
- Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects
University of California, San Diego via Coursera
- 7.00x: Introduction to Biology – The Secret of Life
Massachusetts Institute of Technology via edX
- Medical Neuroscience
Duke University via Coursera
- TM01x: Tsinghua Chinese: Start Talking with 1.3 Billion People
Tsinghua University via edX
- Fundamentals of Product Management
via Skillshare
- Marketing in a Digital World
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via Coursera
- Moralities of Everyday Life
Yale University via Coursera
- Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1
Stanford University via Coursera
- Calculus One
Ohio State University via Coursera
- CS188.1x: Artificial Intelligence
University of California, Berkeley via edX
- Model Thinking
University of Michigan via Coursera
- Introduction to Dutch
University of Groningen via FutureLearn
- Aprender
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México via Coursera
- The 3D Printing Revolution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via Coursera
- 15.071x: The Analytics Edge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology via edX
- Preparing to Manage Human Resources
University of Minnesota via Coursera
- Fractals and Scaling
Santa Fe Institute via Complexity Explorer
- The Modern and the Postmodern (Part 1)
Wesleyan University via Coursera
- Decision Making in a Complex and Uncertain World
University of Groningen via FutureLearn
- Data Mining with Weka
University of Waikato via Independent
- Cryptography I
Stanford University via Coursera
- CS50x: Introduction to Computer Science
Harvard University via edX
- Artificial Intelligence for Robotics
Stanford University via Udacity
- Shakespeare and his World
The University of Warwick via FutureLearn
- Medicine and the Arts: Humanising Healthcare
University of Cape Town via FutureLearn
- Think101x: The Science of Everyday Thinking
University of Queensland via edX
- 6.002.1x: Circuits and Electronics 1: Basic Circuit Analysis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology via edX
- Intro to Computer Science
University of Virginia via Udacity
- Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)
University of Michigan via Coursera
- Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Peak Performance
Monash University via FutureLearn
- Finding Hidden Messages in DNA (Bioinformatics I)
University of California, San Diego via Coursera
- Algorithms for DNA Sequencing
Johns Hopkins University via Coursera
- CS110x: Big Data Analysis with Apache Spark
University of California, Berkeley via edX
- Algorithms, Part I
Princeton University via Coursera
- Introduction to Mathematical Thinking
Stanford University via Coursera
- CS1156x: Learning From Data (Introductory Machine Learning)
California Institute of Technology via edX
