INFO2040x: Networks, Crowds and Markets
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edX online courses
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Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the
University of California, Berkeley, are just some of the schools that you have
at your fingertips with edX. Through massive open online courses (MOOCs) from
the world's best universities, you can develop your knowledge in literature,
math, history, food and nutrition, and more. These online classes are taught
by highly-regarded experts in the field. If you take a class on computer
science through Harvard, you may be taught by David J. Malan, a senior
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Provider Subject Specialization
Sciences & Technology
Business & Management
Course Description
The course invites you to examine the interconnectedness of modern life
through an exploration of fundamental questions about how our social,
economic, and technological worlds are connected. Students will explore game
theory, the structure of the Internet, social contagion, the spread of social
power and popularity, and information cascades. This MOOC is based on an
interdisciplinary Cornell University course entitled Networks, taught by
professors David Easley, Jon Kleinberg, and Éva Tardos. That course was also
the basis for the book, Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a
Highly Connected World . This course is designed at the introductory
undergraduate level without formal prerequisites.