First time I tried Massive Open online courses (MOOC) in 2011, it was Machine learning course at Stanford University. In 2012 Coursera appeared and opened the door to the world's best universities – Stanford, Yale, Princeton, Duke, Berkley … for free! But only in English. Today Coursera provides us with free online courses in Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, French – with subtitles and with native voice over. Courses in business and entrepreneurship, marketing and economics, web development and programming (html, css, javascript), machine learning, data analysis. There are courses to learn psychology and HR, foreign languages, cryptocurrencies and even learning to play the guitar. For programmers there are a classic C++ course, Python course and a fairly new language, Kotlin, development for Android and iOS. Review this cool collection – opportunities are amazing!
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- Popular Coursera courses for free with certificates
- How to study on Coursera for free?
- Personal Development, Accelerated learning, Effective study
- Business, leadership, Management
- Game Design
- Psychology courses and social science
- Physics and astronomy
- Data science and Big data
- Machine Learning
- Computer Science, Software Development, Python for Everybody
- Music
- Language courses
I have been a fan of online learning for many years. I was lucky to learn from Dan Ariely's behavioural economics course (it was the only once, no more, unfortunately). I studied the basics of Gamification and brain work, including the course in neuroeconomics from the Higher School of Economics. One of my favourite courses is Learning How to Learn with Barbara Oakley, regarding how to learn effectively, how to handle even difficult subjects like Maths.
I collected this list of great, I would say best Coursera courses for free – for all curious, hungry minds and life long students. Choose and enroll today to put it in CV and take your career to the next level!
Popular Coursera courses for free with certificates
How to study on Coursera for free?
You can study most of the courses for free, you need to choose the option Full course, no certificate. You can also complete these online courses with a certificate — with payment and usually with assessment/feedback on your assignments from course colleagues.
Personal Development, Accelerated learning, Effective study
Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects
McMaster University, University of California San Diego
Starts August 22, 4 weeks, 3h of video, 3h assignments, 3h additional materials
Rated 4.8/5 of 40,119 ratings
Business, leadership, Management
Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills
University of Michigan
Starts August 22, 7 weeks, 75 minutes/week
Rated 4.7/5 of 5,084 ratings
Inspiring and Motivating Individuals
University of Michigan
Starts August 22, 4 weeks, 3-5 hours/week
Rated 4.8/5 of 2,006 ratings
* 1st course of Leading People and Teams Specialization
High-Impact Business Writing
University of California, Irvine
Starts August 22, 4 weeks, 4-8 hours/week
Rated 4.3/5 of 1,174 ratings
* 5th course of Career Success Specialization
Game Design
Introduction to Game Design
California Institute of the Arts
Starts August 22, 4 weeks, 2-3 hours/week
Level: for beginners
Rated 4.7/5 of 1,365 ratings
Gamification
University of Californiaat Coursera
Starts August 22, 6 weeks, 4-8 hours/week
Rated 4.8/5 of 1,784 ratings
A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment
Indian School of Business
Starts August 22, 6 weeks, 2-3 hours/week
Rated 4.8 out of 5 of 3,105 ratings
Physics and astronomy
From the Big Bang to Dark Energy
The University of Tokyo
Starts August 22, 4 weeks, 2-4 hours/week
Rated 4.8 out of 5 of 1,305 ratings
Data science and Big data
The Data Scientist's Toolbox
Johns Hopkins University
Starts August 22, 7 weeks, 1-4 hours/week
Rated 4.5 out of 5 of 15,622 ratings
A Crash Course in Data Science
Johns Hopkins University
Starts August 22, 1 week, 4-6 hours/week, 11 videos, 8 reading materials
Rated 4.4 out of 5 of 15,002 ratings
* 1st course of Executive Data Science Specialization
Managing Big Data with MySQL
Duke University
Starts August 22, 5 weeks, 8-12 hours/week
Rated 4.7 out of 5 of 1,969 ratings
* 4th course of Excel to MySQL: Analytic Techniques for Business Specialization
Machine Learning
Machine Learning
Stanford, Andrew Ng
Starts August 22, 11 weeks, 7 hours/week
Rated 4.9/5 out of 92,185 ratings
Computer Science, Software Development, Python for Everybody
Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)
University of Michigan
Starts August 22, 7 weeks, 2-4 hours/week
Rated 4.8/5 out of 50,342 ratings
* 1st course of Python for Everybody Specialization
Python Data Structures
University of Michigan
Starts August 22, 7 weeks, 2-4 hours/week
Rated 4.9/5 out of 27,378 ratings
* 1st course of Python for Everybody Specialization
Music
Guitar for Beginners
Berklee College of Music
Starts August 22, 6 weeks, 6-8 hours/week
Rated 4.8 out of 5 of 1,305 ratings
Language courses
Chinese for Beginners
Peking University
Starts August 22, 7 weeks
Rated 4.6 out of 5 of 3,560 ratings
Free Coursera courses on mobile devices
In addition to viewing on the computer, Coursera courses can be studied for free and with the help of mobile applications – very convenient! You can download videos for offline study while in transport or travel. The main thing is the desire to learn, opportunities will appear everywhere!