Programming online courses and MOOCs - student reviews
WE FOUND 762 COURSES
An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python
This course is designed to be a fun introduction to the basics of programming in Python. Our main focus will be on building simple interactive games such as Pong, Blackjack and Asteroids.
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Patrick Di Justo
8 years, 1 month ago
Wonderful, wonderful course on learning Python. The professors seem to like
teaching the class (and really seem to like each other, which co...
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Introduction to R
With over 2 million users worldwide R is rapidly becoming the leading programming language in statistics and data science. Every year, the number of R users grows by 40%, and an increasing number o...
- $29/mo
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kito kid
6 years, 8 months ago
This interactive course is very suitable for total beginner. When I took this
course, I didn't have any R background. But along the way, I p...
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Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: From Nand to Tetris (Project-Centered Course)
What you’ll achieve:
In this project-centered course* you will build a modern computer system, from the ground up. We’ll divide this fascinating journey into six hands-on projects that will take yo...
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- Upcoming
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Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science
6.00.2x will teach you how to use computation to accomplish a variety of goals and provides you with a brief introduction to a variety of topics in computational problem solving . This course is ai...
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- Upcoming
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student
3 years, 8 months ago
This is not a simple or introductory course. Following MIT 6.00.1x, this course continue to discuss the most commonly used algorithms in pro...
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CS100: مقدمة في علم الحاسوب والبرمجة
هذا المساق هو الجزء الأول من السلسلة الثنائية: مقدمة في علم الحاسوب والبرمجة بإستخدام لغة بايثون ومقدمة في التفكير الحاسوبي وعلوم البيانات. معاً، تم تصميم هذه السلسلة لمساعدة الناس الجدد الذين لا يم...
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Ahmed Al-Ahdal
5 years, 2 months ago
Programming Languages
Investigate the basic concepts behind programming languages, with an emphasis on the techniques and benefits of functional programming. Use the programming languages ML, Racket, and Ruby to learn h...
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Alex Parij
7 years, 11 months ago
Well after two weeks of hard work I stopped doing homework and later quit the
course. The subject is very interesting, the lectures are very...
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Programming Languages, Part C
[As described below, this is Part C of a 3-part course. Participants should complete Parts A and B first -- Part C "dives right in" and refers often to material from Part A and Part B.]
This cour...
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Introduction to Haptics
Participants in this class will learn how to build, program, and control haptic devices, which are mechatronic devices that allow users to feel virtual or remote environments. In the process, parti...
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One Month Rails
After it's debut in 2013, One Month Rails quickly became one of the most popular coding classes in the world! Now, we're pleased to announce the biggest update ever to our Rails curriculum with thi...
- $299
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Programming for Everybody (Python)
This course aims to teach everyone to learn the basics of programming computers using Python. The course has no pre-requisites and avoids all but the simplest mathematics. Anyone with moderate comp...
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Alexander Smith
6 years, 4 months ago
The course does concentrate on data analysis, as is indicated by the course's
alternate title, Python for Informatics. It does a great job o...
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Computer Science 101
Introduction to Computer Science for a zero-prior-experience audience. Play with little phrases of code to understand what computers are all about.
- Free
- TBA
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posted anonymously
5 years, 11 months ago
Hi Nick, I just finished CS101 on Coursera. It is, to me, a fantastic
introduction to computer programming. I have gained much, much more in...
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Learn to Program: The Fundamentals
Behind every mouse click and touch-screen tap, there is a computer program that makes things happen. This course introduces the fundamental building blocks of programming and teaches you how to wri...
- Free
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Joanna
8 years, 2 months ago
I signed up for several different introductory CS courses (LTP1 and ITPP on
Coursera, CS50x and 6.00x on EdX) and I have to say that this wa...
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Ruby on Rails Web Services and Integration with MongoDB
In this course, we will explore MongoDB, a very popular NoSQL database and Web Services concepts and integrate them both with Ruby on Rails. MongoDB is a used to handle documents with a pre-defined...
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- Upcoming
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An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1)
This two-part course is designed to be a fun introduction to the basics of programming in Python. Our main focus will be on building simple interactive games such as Pong, Blackjack and Asteroids.
- Free
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Using Python to Access Web Data
This course will show how one can treat the Internet as a source of data. We will scrape, parse, and read web data as well as access data using web APIs. We will work with HTML, XML, and JSON dat...
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Using Databases with Python
This course will introduce students to the basics of the Structured Query Language (SQL) as well as basic database design for storing data as part of a multi-step data gathering, analysis, and proc...
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Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code
Not all programs are created equal. In this course, we'll focus on writing quality code that runs correctly and efficiently. We'll design, code and validate our programs and learn how to compare ...
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Introduction to Meteor.js Development
In this course, you will learn how to create a complete, multi-user web site using the Meteor.js framework and MongoDB. You will implement user authentication, security features, reactive templates...
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Software Engineering: Introduction
This course, part of the Software Development MicroMasters Program , introduces how teams design, build, and test multi-version software systems.
You will learn software engineering principle...
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Computer Science 101
CS101 teaches the essential ideas of Computer Science for a zero-prior-experience audience. The course uses small coding experiments in the browser to play with the nature of computers, understandi...
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Mehreen
8 years, 2 months ago
This was the first online course that I took and it really set the standard
for the rest. Nick Parlante is a brilliant instructor whose enth...
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Algorithms, Part II
This course covers the essential information that every serious programmer needs to know about algorithms and data structures, with emphasis on applications and scientific performance analysis of J...
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posted anonymously
7 years, 7 months ago
Bob Sedgewick is pretty gifted in making very difficult ideas understandable.
The programming assignments are spectacular. In one you get to...
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Python Data Structures
This course will introduce the core data structures of the Python programming language. We will move past the basics of procedural programming and explore how we can use the Python built-in data st...
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- Upcoming
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Algorithms, Part I
This course covers the essential information that every serious programmer needs to know about algorithms and data structures, with emphasis on applications and scientific performance analysis of J...
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Homer Thompson
6 years, 11 months ago
I said this in my review of Part II, but it applies equally well to Part I:
For anyone who loves programming, this is a truly memorable cour...
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SQL
This mini-course provides comprehensive coverage of the long-accepted standard
query language for relational database systems. It will be available for an
extended period of time. We anticipate t...
- Free
- TBA
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Hamish McWilliam
5 years, 11 months ago
This mini-course in the [Databases
series](https://class.stanford.edu/courses/DB/2014/SelfPaced/about) from
Stanford Online, looks at the us...
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Introduction to Databases
This course covers database design and the use of database management systems for applications.
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Marcelo Soares
6 years, 6 months ago
This was the first MOOC I took, when it was not self-paced. Professor Widom is
great, and the way it was organized showed me it was possible...
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Initiation à la programmation (en Java)
Ce cours initie à la programmation en utilisant le langage Java. Il ne présuppose pas de connaissance préalable. Les aspects plus avancés (programmation orientée objet) sont donnés dans un cours su...
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Functional Programming Principles in Scala
Functional programming is becoming increasingly widespread in industry. This trend is driven by the adoption of Scala as the main programming language for many applications. Scala fuses functional ...
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- Upcoming
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Ruslan Bes
8 years ago
Wikipedia has a very short and humble article about the instructor: "He
designed the Scala programming language and Generic Java". It was en...
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Finding Hidden Messages in DNA (Bioinformatics I)
This course begins a series of classes illustrating the power of computing in modern biology. Please join us on the frontier of bioinformatics to look for hidden messages in DNA without ever needin...
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Steven Frank
4 years, 10 months ago
This course begins a six-part series on bioinformatics algorithms that works its way through the excellent textbook written by Professors Pe...
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Web Development
Try to picture yourself sitting down with your computer, ready to start developing a fully functional web application for the first time, available online for millions to use. “Where should I even ...
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Sean
7 years, 2 months ago
Pros: covers topics like HTTP, securely storing cookies and passwords, scaling
websites Cons: No lessons on javascript and CSS coverage was ...
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An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 2)
This two-part course is designed to help students with very little or no computing background learn the basics of building simple interactive applications. Our language of choice, Python, is an eas...
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- Upcoming
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Developing Data Products
A data product is the production output from a statistical analysis. Data products automate complex analysis tasks or use technology to expand the utility of a data informed model, algorithm or inf...
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HTML, CSS, and Javascript for Web Developers
Do you realize that the only functionality of a web application that the user directly interacts with is through the web page? Implement it poorly and, to the user, the server-side becomes irreleva...
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Learn to Program: The Fundamentals
Behind every mouse click and touch-screen tap, there is a computer program that makes things happen. This course introduces the fundamental building blocks of programming and teaches you how to wri...
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- Upcoming
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Advanced Data Structures in Java
How does Google Maps plan the best route for getting around town given current traffic conditions? How does an internet router forward packets of network traffic to minimize delay? How does an ai...
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Saša Tatar
5 years ago
I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn about graphs and other advanced data structures.
The course is real...
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Git Real
Learn more advanced Git by practicing the concepts of Git version control. Increase your Git knowledge by learning more advanced systems within Git.
- $29/mo
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ChemaGallego
6 years, 10 months ago
As a absolute beginner with Git I was searching for a good introduction for
this software and I found 'Try Git' and I liked very much, so I ...
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Try R
Learn the R programming language for data analysis and visualization. This software programming language is great for statistical computing and graphics.
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Arvind Maharajan
8 years, 1 month ago
Very Engaging. Way better than all the other courses out there. The step by
step learning process helps in better retention. Doing this cour...
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Capstone: Retrieving, Processing, and Visualizing Data with Python
In the capstone, students will build a series of applications to retrieve, process and visualize data using Python. The projects will involve all the elements of the specialization. In the first...
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Introduction to Programming with Python
Computer programming skills are now becoming part of basic education as these skills are increasingly of vital importance for future job and career prospects. This free online course introduces you...
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Rails Testing for Zombies
This course will be retired on August 25th.
- $29/mo
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Python
Python is a powerful and expressive language that has very simple syntax. If
you're unsure of which programming language to learn, Python is a great
choice. The language is used in a variety of d...
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Jonathan Peterson
6 years, 5 months ago
As I was wanting to get started learning various programming languages I chose
to learn Python. Python is basically a scripting language, an...
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Ruby
Ruby is a powerful and expressive language with intuitive syntax. If you're
unsure of which programming language to learn, Ruby is a great choice. The
language can be used in a variety of disciplin...
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Genomic Data Science and Clustering (Bioinformatics V)
How do we infer which genes orchestrate various processes in the cell? How did humans migrate out of Africa and spread around the world? In this class, we will see that these two seemingly differe...
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Genome Sequencing (Bioinformatics II)
Biologists still cannot read the nucleotides of an entire genome as you would read a book from beginning to end. However, they can read short pieces of DNA. In this course, we will see how graph th...
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Molecular Evolution (Bioinformatics IV)
In this course, we will see how evolutionary trees resolve quandaries from finding the origin of a deadly virus to locating the birthplace of modern humans. We will then use methods from computatio...
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Comparing Genes, Proteins, and Genomes (Bioinformatics III)
After sequencing genomes, we would like to compare them. We will see that dynamic programming is a powerful algorithmic tool when we compare two genes (i.e., short sequences of DNA) or two proteins...
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Enhance Your Career and Employability Skills
Learn how to make effective decisions about your future career and how to take control of your professional development by honing your critical thinking and employability skills.
Suitable for anyon...
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Introduction to Programming with MATLAB
This course teaches computer programming to those with little to no previous experience. It uses the programming system and language called MATLAB to do so because it is easy to learn, versatile an...
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- Upcoming
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Algorithms for DNA Sequencing
We will learn computational methods -- algorithms and data structures -- for analyzing DNA sequencing data. We will learn a little about DNA, genomics, and how DNA sequencing is used. We will use ...
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Finding Mutations in DNA and Proteins (Bioinformatics VI)
In previous courses in the Specialization, we have discussed how to sequence and compare genomes. This course will cover advanced topics in finding mutations lurking within DNA and proteins.
In th...
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Mastering the Software Engineering Interview
You’ve hit a major milestone as a computer scientist and are becoming a capable programmer. You now know how to solve problems, write algorithms, and analyze solutions; and you have a wealth of too...
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Jeanne Boyarsky
4 years, 10 months ago
The videos were great as were the discussion forums and instructor interaction. It was great seeing what entry level programmers are taught ...
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