The best online courses to adorn your Résumés
You are working but want to continue your education? Wishing you could study a subject that is not offered in nearby universities and colleges? Don’t have time to attend classes on campus on a weekly basis but wish to get a degree? Find online courses and get a degree or diploma online with the help of online and distance learning! Here is our top picks of MOOCs to learn in 2020. These ten outstanding and massively popular online courses in English offered by top universities and colleges worldwide would definitely be an asset to anyone’s career goals.
Online education gives you such benefits as an individual schedule, modern learning technologies, getting relevant knowledge no matter where in the world you are located, not to mention saving your time and money. Today online education and e-learning have become an important form of post-secondary education. In the United States, for example, around 44 % of post-secondary students took some or all their courses online in 2009.
So start looking for the online degree you have been dreaming of right now! The opportunity for a good education is waiting for you, and you don’t even have to leave your home to get it.
Our top pick of MOOC to learn in 2020. The first MOOC to teach positive psychology. Learn science-based principles and practices for a happy, meaningful life. Offered through edX by Prof. Dacher Keltner and Prof. Emiliana Simon-Thomas, UC Berkeley, US
2. HOPE: Human Odyssey to Political Existentialism
What sets us apart, and brings us together, as humans? How can we live up to our humanity? Join us as we explore not only “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” but “death, freedom, and the pursuit of meaning.” Offered through edX by Prof. Uriel Abulof, Princeton University, US
In this business and management course, you will develop a strong understanding of how firms compete by learning about important analytical approaches that underlie business strategy.This course will show you how a business views itself in its “totality” and in the context of its environment. The course will be taught from the perspective of a manager or chief executive officer (CEO). Offered through IIMBx by Prof. P.D. Jose, Prof. Rejie George Pallathita, and Prof. Sai Yayavaram, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India
Analytical chemistry takes a prominent position among all fields of experimental sciences, ranging from fundamental studies of Nature to industrial or clinical applications. Analytical chemistry covers the fundamentals of experimental and analytical methods and the role of chemistry around us. Offered through edX by Prof. Takeaki Ozawa and Prof. Liang-da Chiu, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Learn what Artificial Intelligence (AI) is by understanding its applications and key concepts including machine learning, deep learning and neural networks. Offered through edX by Prof. Rav Ahuja, IBM, US
6. Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
An outstanding course from flagship MOOC program of Indian Government, UGC-Swayam. In this course definition, classification, characterization, collection, transportation and management of different types of solid wastes will be discussed in detail. Similarly aspects of hazardous wastes will be discussed. Various resource recovery options including biomethanation, pyrolysis, composting, vermicomposting etc will be covered under this course. Ultimate methods of solid waste disposal including sanity landfilling and incineration will be covered.Legal framework related to different types of wastes will be discussed. Offered through UGC-Swayam by Prof. V.K. Garg, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India
7. Biostatistics and Mathematical Biology
Another top pick from Swayam MOOC. This is a thorough non-mathematical introduction to the field of big data analysis for everyone, the best such a MOOC so far. The course adopts an intuitive approach with a focus on analyzing scientific dataset. Offered through UGC-Swayam by Prof. Felix Bast, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India
8. Sustainable Urban Environments
Learn how integrated systems and individual actions can shape sustainable cities, generating higher quality of life for the future. Offered through edX by Prof. Garth Myers and Prof. Mary Rickel-Pelletier, Trinity College, US.
9. Modern Masterpieces of World Literature
Based on the second half of the Masterpieces of World Literature edX MOOC, this short literature course examines how writers reach beyond national and linguistic boundaries as worldly readers and travelers, and how their modern fictions rise to the status of world literature. Offered through edX by Prof. David Damrosch and Prof. Martin Puchner, Harvard University
Taught by lauded Harvard professor Michael Sandel, Justice explores critical analysis of classical and contemporary theories of justice, including discussion of present-day applications. Topics include affirmative action, income distribution, same-sex marriage, the role of markets, debates about rights (human rights and property rights), arguments for and against equality, dilemmas of loyalty in public and private life. Offered through edx by Prof. Michael J. Sandel, Harvard University.
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Albert Einstein
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