Best MOOCs of 2017

Object-Oriented Design

40 reviews

Enhance your Java skills with the University of Alberta's 4-week course. Learn object-oriented design principles, UML, and apply your knowledge in a capstone project involving an Android application.

• Coursera
• 17 hours 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Design Patterns

28 reviews

Learn to create interactive applications using design patterns with the University of Alberta's 4-week course. Gain skills in identifying problematic designs, refactoring anti-patterns, and more.

• Coursera
• 15 hours 11 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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Software Architecture

19 reviews

Explore software architecture with the University of Alberta in a 4-week course. Learn to represent, evaluate, and improve architectures using UML and other tools. Capstone project included.

• Coursera
• 9 hours 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introducción a la programación orientada a objetos en Java

18 reviews

El propósito de este curso es ofrecerle un ambiente interactivo orientado a construir aprendizajes sobre el lenguaje de la programación en Java para la creación y manipulación de objetos. La estrategia pedagógica empleada es el aprendizaje activo basado…

• Coursera
• 3 days 1 hour 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Probabilistic Graphical Models 3: Learning

298 ratings at Coursera

Stanford's 5-week course on Probabilistic Graphical Models, focusing on learning from data sets. Covers parameter estimation, structure learning, and includes hands-on assignments.

• Coursera
• 66 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Building Web Applications in PHP

4212 ratings at Coursera

Explore web application structure, browser-server interaction, and PHP basics in this 8-week course by the University of Michigan. Learn HTML, CSS, and integrated PHP/MySQL environment usage.

• Coursera
• 1 day 6 hours 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL)

5294 ratings at Coursera

Learn SQL basics, database design, and many-to-many relationships in a 4-week course from the University of Michigan.

• Coursera
• 15 hours 58 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica

Introdução ao Controle Moderno

11 reviews

Learn advanced modern control techniques, system dynamics representation, and state observer design in a 7-week course from Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica.

• Coursera
• 10 hours 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

C++ For Programmers

11 reviews

This course teaches C++ to students already familiar with a programming language. Students will learn how to use header files, control flow, functions, classes.

• Udacity
• 3 weeks
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Building Database Applications in PHP

1063 ratings at Coursera

Learn to build database applications in PHP with the University of Michigan's 5-week course. Master MySQL connections, session data management, and CRUD operations. Prior web application knowledge assumed.

• Coursera
• 1 day 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Online Games: Literature, New Media, and Narrative

7 reviews

Explore the transformation of stories into online games and the impact on culture. Engage with literature, film, and gaming in this 6-week course from Vanderbilt University.

• Coursera
• 21 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON

798 ratings at Coursera

Explore JavaScript's approach to Object-Oriented patterns, jQuery library, and JSON in this 4-week course by the University of Michigan. Prior web and database application knowledge assumed.

• Coursera
• 1 day 2 hours 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Learn the fundamentals of JavaScript, the most popular programming language in web development.

• Udacity
• 2 weeks
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Database Systems Concepts & Design

1 review

This course presents an example of applying a database application development methodology to a major real-world project.

• Udacity
• 16 weeks
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Python Programming Essentials

3417 ratings at Coursera

Rice University's 4-week course introduces Python programming essentials, covering expressions, variables, functions, logic, and conditionals. Learn to write practical Python programs.

• Coursera
• 9 hours 39 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)