Free online courses boost an individual’s employment prospects. This adds extra to your CV, with some great talking points on getting the job. Also, it is a great opportunity to spend your time in a more competitive way.
There are a lot of established institutions that provide free online courses, but sometimes it becomes a hassle to choose which one you should go to.
In this blog, you will learn about a few of the free online courses from some of the best educational institutions. Not a big list, but rather gives you a sneak peek of the various schools/colleges providing online learning experiences.
Harvard University
Harvard University offers more than 600 free online courses and helps you to get a taste of IVY league Education for free. Some of the courses you might enjoy pursuing:
Shakespeare’s life & work: In this course, you will learn how to read William Shakespeare’s plays. Also, you will learn about his biography in the 4-week duration of the course. The course also teaches Elizabethan and Jacobean history and modern performance.
Justice: This course is an introduction to moral & political philosophy. Justice explores critical analysis of classical and contemporary theories over the 12-week time course. Students will read texts by individuals such as Aristotle, John Locke, Emmanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and John Rawls.
The Health Effects of Climate Change: Climate change is a global phenomenon. It is more topical than ever. In this 7-week long course you will find out the cause of climate change and its impact on human health. Also, the solution on how to help diminish its effect.
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine offers tons of various courses on a vast range of subjects. Here are some courses that might spark your interest:
Introduction to Electronics: In this course, students will learn about basic components of electronics: diodes, transistors, and op-amps. Perfect course for people who are pursuing electrical engineering as a career path.
Better business writing in English: This course helps you to develop a personal voice in your writing, allowing you to practice your writing skills in different types of business communication.
Georgia Institute of Technology
This well-known institute has been providing online courses since 2012. Since then an extraordinary number of 3.3 million people have enjoyed the courses on various topics. Here are some topics you might enjoy:
Data analytics in business: This course helps you to understand data and business analytics. Also, after that it gives you an opportunity to apply these analytics algorithms helping the real world business datasets.
Innovation leadership: A six-week course for anyone looking to become an innovation leader. In this course you will learn the importance of innovation leadership and how to become one.
Supply chain: Basically a short course of 15 hours teaches you about supply chain, if you want to make out a career from it. This course will help you to understand the supply chain procedure and make you aware of the career paths available to the individuals.
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
This institute is a globally recognized international research university. They aim towards advancing teaching and research in science, technology, engineering, management and business studies. Some of the online courses that they offer:
Introduction of Fintech: Learn more about innovation, technology and other, which will help you to understand what regulates the transformation of finance in Asia.
State law & economy: Want to learn about economics? This course is the stepping stone for it. This course teaches important economic concepts relevant to the study of political economy.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT is regarded as one of the best universities in the world. Topping frequently in QS ranking. Here are some of the courses offered by the university:
Microeconomic theory & public policy: Interested in learning economics, then you must learn from the best. In this course you will learn how to use macroeconomics theories in maximizing public policy. It will teach you about microfinance and you can take your course at your own pace.
Making books: Who wants to do something different, this course travels the impact of new technology on the recording and distribution of words & images. Topics like the invention of the printing press in 1450, electricity to communication technology and today’s digital media everything will be covered.
So, as you can see all the institutions provide different types of courses and all of them are free. In this case, don’t be lazy. Grasp the opportunity of learning new stuff.
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Mostofa Imam
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Content Writing Department
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