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Learn Something New: 100 Most Popular Courses For October

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Most Popular Courses
Welcome to our monthly roundup of popular online courses! This October, we’re highlighting 100 courses recently added to Class Central’s catalog, along with some insightful videos and articles from around the web.

Our selection combines data from our learners’ 20 million course bookmarks, course enrollment numbers, and a few of our personal favorites.

Dive into a variety of topics, including:

If you don’t find what you’re looking for in the list below, feel free to browse Class Central’s catalog of over 250,000 courses or check out our free certificate collections.

GenAI, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning

Accelerate Your Learning with ChatGPT
Deep Teaching Solutions via Coursera

How LLMs Might Store Facts – Multilayer Perceptrons in Transformers
3Blue1Brown via YouTube

Predicting Extreme Climate Behavior with Machine Learning
University of Colorado Boulder via Coursera

Exploring Generative AI for Learning Design
University of Michigan via Coursera

AI’s Existing Impact
Emory University via Coursera

What Can AI Do for Marketing?
Emory University via Coursera

Generative AI Mastery: Revolutionizing Game Development
HP via edX

Generative AI for Students: Ethics & Academic Integrity
University of Glasgow via Coursera

Improving Accuracy of LLM Applications
DeepLearning.AI via Coursera

AI-Powered Software and System Design
DeepLearning.AI via Coursera

Machine Learning for Healthcare Professionals
Northeastern University via Coursera

Generative AI for Healthcare Students and Professionals
University of Glasgow via Coursera

Reinforcement Learning
RWTH Aachen University via edX

Complete Generative AI Course With Langchain and Huggingface
Udemy

The AI Odyssey- History, Regulations and Impact: A European Perspective
HEC Paris via France Université Numerique

Experimental Design for Machine Learning
The University of Nottingham via FutureLearn

Generative AI in Software Development
Amazon via Coursera

Ethical AI for Students
University of Adelaide via edX

The Potential for AI in Science and Mathematics
University of Oxford via YouTube

ChatGPT for Project Management: Execution, Tracking, Success
Vanderbilt University via Coursera

Business and Management

Mastering Negotiation Skills & Strategies
Northeastern University via Coursera

Strategic Technology Management
RWTH Aachen University via edX

Crisis Communication and Management
Dartmouth College via edX

Create Program Changes with Power Skills & Digital Enablers
University of Maryland, College Park via Coursera

Debt Management, Debt Reporting and Investors Relations
International Monetary Fund via edX

Small Business Entrepreneurship: Marketing a Business
Rice University via edX

International SEO
Semrush Academy

Reading Financial Statements
Corporate Finance Institute via Coursera

Banking & Finance in India
O.P. Jindal Global University via Coursera

Communicating Strategically
Dartmouth College via edX

Corporate Brand and Reputation
Dartmouth College via edX

Understanding Financial Crime
edX

Ultimate PMP renewal, get all 60 PDUs approved by PMI
Udemy

English for Business B1
Coursera

Contratos internacionales como forma de entrada al mercado extranjero
Universidad Carlos iii de Madrid via edX

Computer Science, Software Development, and Programming

Introduction to Mobile App Development
IBM via Coursera

Mastering Linux: The Comprehensive Guide
Udemy

An Introduction to Logic for Computer Science
University of Leeds via FutureLearn

Programming with Java
Amazon via Coursera

Unreal Engine Fundamentals
Epic Games via Coursera

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Foundations & Concepts
University of Colorado Boulder via Coursera

Introduction to Data Engineering on Google Cloud
Google Cloud via Coursera

Next-Gen Security: Mobile, IoT, and Cloud
University of Maryland, Baltimore County via edX

Integrated Cybersecurity: From Physical Safeguards to Digital Forensics and Governance
University of Maryland, Baltimore County via edX

Low Code Image Segmentation
MathWorks via Coursera

Flutter: Developing Cross-Platform Mobile Apps
IBM via Coursera

Moving Features from JavaScript to CSS and HTML
JSConf via YouTube

Quantum Computing For Everyone – An Introduction
Fractal Analytics via Coursera

Introduction to Industrial Image Processing
RWTH Aachen University via edX

NGINX MasterClass: NGINX Server & Custom Load Balancer
Udemy

C++ Beginner to Advanced: Modern C++20 and Multithreading
Udemy

An Introduction to Programming Using Python
University of Leeds via FutureLearn

Data Structures and Algorithms
Amazon via Coursera

Spring Boot Tutorial for Beginners
Dan Vega via YouTube

CrowdStrike IT Outage Explained by a Windows Developer
Dave’s Garage via YouTube

Low-Code Development and Building an App with Zoho Creator
CodeWithHarry via YouTube

Science and Engineering

From Commitments to Action: Transformative Approaches to Climate Adaptation in Europe
SDG Academy via edX

Why is All Life Carbon Based, Not Silicon? Three Startling Reasons!
Arvin Ash via YouTube

Lightcap 1: Fundamentals of light’s impact
Eindhoven University of Technology via Coursera

Discovering the Basics of Wetlands
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via Coursera

Nonlinear Kalman Filters (and Parameter Estimation)
University of Colorado System via Coursera

Introduction to Statistics without Maths: Basic Inferential Statistics
University of Lincoln via FutureLearn

How to Get Into Robotics
University of Leeds via FutureLearn

Livestock Science 101: Exploring Animal Health, Welfare, & Nutrition
Aberystwyth University via FutureLearn

Principles of Plasma Diagnostics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MIT OpenCourseWare

All Fundamental Forces and Elementary Particles Explained Simply
Klonusk via YouTube

What Voyager Detected at the Edge of the Solar System
Astrum via YouTube

How a 16th Century Explorer’s Sailing Ship Works
Animagraffs via YouTube

Nature’s Incredible Rotating Electric Motor – Smarter Every Day 300
SmarterEveryDay via YouTube

The Clever Way to Count Tanks – Numberphile
Numberphile via YouTube

The Hidden Engineering of Landfills
Practical Engineering via YouTube

How French Drains Work
Practical Engineering via YouTube

Does this 2,000 Year Old Steam Engine Work?
How To Make Everything via YouTube

Speedrunning 30yrs of lithography technology
Breaking Taps via YouTube

An Ancient Roman Shipwreck May Explain the Universe
SciShow via YouTube

The Human Genome Project Was a Failure
SciShow via YouTube

Mining Engineering Principles: Exploration to Innovation
University of Alaska Fairbanks via edX

Design and Creativity

Detailing Stick-System Façades: A Practical Approach
Delft University of Technology via edX

The Complete Photoshop Masterclass: From 0 to Hero
Udemy

UI/UX Design Masterclass with Adobe XD: From Beginner to Pro
Udemy

Introduction to Game Design
Coursera

Blender Texturing for Beginners – Tutorial
Blender Guru via YouTube

Education and Teaching

Foundations of Trauma Informed Pedagogy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via Coursera

HP AI Teacher Academy
edX

Healthcare and Medicine

Fundamentals of Immunology: Complement, MHC I and II, T Cells, and Cytokines
Rice University via Coursera

Explore the Fundamentals of Managing Health Information Systems
Taipei Medical University via FutureLearn

How the Body Builds Incredible Strength Without Getting Bigger
Institute of Human Anatomy via YouTube

Fever Feels Horrible, but is Actually Awesome!
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell via YouTube

Humanities & Social Sciences

Why Pollepel Island is Totally Forbidden
IT’S HISTORY via YouTube

Cooking on the American Home Front During WWII
Tasting History with Max Miller via YouTube

The Disturbing Origins of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes
Tasting History with Max Miller via YouTube

The Deadly Job of Royal Food Taster
Tasting History with Max Miller via YouTube

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Dhawal is the CEO of Class Central, the most popular search engine and review site for online courses and MOOCs. He has completed over a dozen MOOCs and has written over 200 articles about the MOOC space, including contributions to TechCrunch, EdSurge, Quartz, and VentureBeat.

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  1. Valerii Sorokin

    Only very naive people could take courses from Coursera as “totally free”.
    Don’t forget it’s really tricky!

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