Ten Most Popular MOOCs Starting in February 2016
The best new free courses from top universities starting in February 2016
We compile this list based on how many Class Central users have added a particular course to MOOC Tracker – our watchlist feature (courses have been added more than 350,000 times to MOOC Tracker). Learn more about MOOC Tracker. Courses that have been offered before are not included in this list.
Inferential Statistics
University of Amsterdam via Coursera
Inferential statistics are concerned with making inferences based on relations found in the sample, to relations in the population. Inferential statistics help us decide, for example, whether the differences between groups that we see in our data are strong enough to provide support for our hypothesis that group differences exist in general, in the entire population.
Go To Class | Next Session : 29th Feb, 2016
Sponsored Innovating in Operations Management
via Canvas.net
Innovation is always possible when it comes to operations.
Next Session : 15th Feb, 2016
An Introduction to Screenwriting
University of East Anglia via FutureLearn
This free online course explores the key concepts and fundamental principles involved in the process of screenwriting.
Go To Class | Next Session : 29th Feb, 2016
Comics: Art in Relationship
California College of the Arts via Kadenze
Comics are one of the most popular and exciting ways to tell a story. This course offers a look at the fundamental building blocks of the comic book medium. Exploring panel to panel transitions, text to image relationships, and the intricacies of page layouts, students will examine new and innovative ways to bring their stories to life. This course is designed for both beginning and advanced visual artists. Whether students have tried their hand at comics before or are simply interested in investigating how comics work, this course will provide insights to help storytellers make the most of every page.
Go To Class | Next Session : Feb, 2016
Film Production: Behind the Scenes of Feature Filmmaking
via FutureLearn
Take a guided tour through the process of making a feature film and meet some of the people who make films every day.
Go To Class | Next Session : 1st Feb, 2016
Graph Analytics for Big Data
University of California, San Diego via Coursera
Want to understand your data network structure and how it changes under different conditions? Curious to know how to identify closely interacting clusters within a graph? Have you heard of the fast-growing area of graph analytics and want to learn more? This course gives you a broad overview of the field of graph analytics so you can learn new ways to model, store, retrieve and analyze graph-structured data.
Go To Class | Next Session : 1st Feb, 2016
Strategic Planning and Execution
University of Virginia via Coursera
Learn to execute a strategy analysis within an organization. This course will show you how to organize and implement a successful strategy setting process, how to conduct strategy research, how to ensure that annual planning and budgeting support the organization’s strategy, and how to manage the organization’s board of directors, senior managers, and line employees to ensure that everyone’s efforts are aligned with the organization’s strategy.
Go To Class | Next Session : 8th Feb, 2016
World War 1: Lessons and Legacy of the Great War
University of New South Wales via FutureLearn
Learn how the Allies defeat the Germans in World War 1, how the memory arose that the war was futile, and why this view is untrue.
Go To Class | Next Session : 8th Feb, 2016
Literature and Mental Health: Reading for Wellbeing
The University of Warwick via FutureLearn
Find out how poems, plays and novels can help us understand and cope with deep emotional strain in this free online course.
Go To Class | Next Session : 1st Feb, 2016
Project101x: Introduction to Project Management
University of Adelaide via edX
Learn the principles of project management and apply them in your own work and life.
Go To Class | Next Session : 17th Feb, 2016
Commercial Photography: Still and Moving Image
Norwich University of the Arts via FutureLearn
Develop your visual sensibility and get to grips with new forms of commercial photography, with this free online course.
Go To Class | Next Session : 15th Feb, 2016