Time for self-isolation or time for bringing out the best in you? Let this lockdown be a productive one and come out of it as a more knowledgeable and skilled person.
What better than taking up online courses well suited to the incremental acquisition of your existing skills and adding new skills suiting your career?
To provide you with an opportunity to rediscover the value of self-learning, we hereby offer you a list of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), aimed at large-scale participation and free access via the Internet.
These courses are similar to university programs but they do not offer any academic credits.
MOOCs are based on a completely digitized, open, and flexible model, and as claimed, they entrepreneurialize higher education.
The article covers many categories like business analytics & intelligence, web design, economics, bioscience, digital marketing, business communication, professional development, foreign languages, and leadership, aimed at helping professionals from different streams and professionals to improve their skills further during this lockdown phase.
Such courses mainly include video lessons, readings, assessments, and discussion forums.
Popular MOOCs platforms in India include the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM), Coursera, Udacity, Udemy, and edX, among others. We have categorized this list based on the most trending skills.
Business analytics
Optimization Methods for Business Analytics by Massachusetts Institute of Technology on edx
Duration – 4 Weeks
Skill Level – Beginner
Introduction to Data Analytics for Business by University of Colorado Boulder on Coursera
Rating – 4.7 Stars (676 ratings)
Duration – 11 Hours
Skill Level – Advanced
Introduction to Business Analytics: Communicating with Data by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 Stars (119 ratings)
Duration – 17 Hours
Skill Level – Intermediate
Foundations of strategic business analytics by ESSEC Business School on Coursera
Rating – 4.4 Stars (469 ratings)
Duration – 8 Hours
Skill Level – Any Level
Business Analytics Specialization by University of Pennsylvania on Coursera
Rating – 4.5 Stars (17,825 ratings)
Duration – 6 Months
Skill Level – Beginner
Data-driven Decision Making on Coursera
Rating – 4.6 Stars (4391 ratings)
Duration – 9 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI on edx
Rating – 4.6 Stars (4391 ratings)
Duration – 6 Weeks
Skill Level – Beginner
Data, Models and Decisions in Business Analytics on edx
Duration – 12 Weeks
Skill Level – Advanced
Predictive Analytics and Data Mining by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Coursera
Rating – 4.2 Stars (49 ratings)
Duration – 22 Hours
Skill Level – Intermediate
Business Analytics Capstone by University of Pennsylvania on Coursera
Rating – 4.5 Stars (473 ratings)
Duration – 17 Hours
Business intelligence
Business intelligence and data analytics: Generate insights by Macquarie University on Coursera
Rating – 4.6 Stars (34 ratings)
Duration – 28 Hours
Skill Level – Any Level
Business Intelligence Concepts, Tools, and Applications by University of Colorado System on Coursera
Rating – 4.4 Stars (495 ratings)
Duration – 25 Hours
Skill Level – Any Level
Intelligence Tools for the Digital Age by IE Business School on Coursera
Rating – 4.7 Stars (186 ratings)
Duration – 8 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Exploring and Producing Data for Business Decision Making by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 Stars (507 ratings)
Duration – 23 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Inferential and Predictive Statistics for Business by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 Stars (448 ratings)
Duration – 19 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Visual Analytics with Tableau by University of California, Davis on Coursera
Rating – 4.6 Stars (1111 ratings)
Duration – 12 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI by Davidson College on edx
Duration – 4 Weeks
Skill Level – Beginner
Predictive Modeling and Analytics by University of Colorado Boulder on Coursera
Rating – 3.8 Stars (260 ratings)
Duration – 10 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Business Intelligence for IoT Solutions by Microsoft on edx
Duration – 4 Weeks
Skill Level – Intermediate
Web design
Responsive Web Design Fundamentals by Google on Udacity
Duration – 2 Weeks
Skill Level – Intermediate
Responsive Web Design by University of London on Coursera
Rating – 4.6 Stars (1509 ratings)
Duration – 19 Hours
Skill Level – Any Level
Web Design: Strategy and Information Architecture by California Institute of the Arts on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 Stars (1509 ratings)
Duration – 13 Hours
Skill Level – Intermediate
Web Design: Wireframes to Prototypes by California Institute of the Arts on Coursera
Rating – 4.9 Stars (240 ratings)
Duration – 41 Hours
Skill Level – Intermediate
HTML, CSS, and Javascript for Web Developers by Johns Hopkins University on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 Stars (5513 ratings)
Duration – 29 Hours
Skill Level – Any Level
Web Development and Design using Wordpress by California Institute of the Arts
Rating – 4.3 Stars (3 ratings)
Duration – 24 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Web Design for Everybody Capstone by University of Michigan on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 Stars (525 ratings)
Duration – 24 Hours
Skill Level – Any Level
UX Design Fundamentals by California Institute of the Arts on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 Stars (637 ratings)
Duration – 14 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Front-End Web UI Frameworks and Tools: Bootstrap 4 by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 Stars (2631 ratings)
Duration – 38 Hours
Skill Level – Intermediate
Responsive Website Basics: Code with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript by University of London on Coursera
Rating – 4.5 Stars (3664 ratings)
Duration – 19 Hours
Skill Level – Any Level
Economics
Country Level Economics: Policies, Institutions, and Macroeconomic Performance by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on Coursera
Rating – 4.4 Stars (360 ratings)
Duration – 16 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain: An Introduction to Digital Currencies by University of Pennsylvania/Wharton on Coursera
Rating – 4.6 Stars (337 ratings)
Duration – 4 Hours
Skill Level – Any Level
Economic Democracy: The Cooperative Alternative by University of Edinburgh on edx
Duration – 6 Weeks
Skill Level – Beginner
Economics of Money and Banking by Columbia University on Coursera
Rating – 4.9 Stars (786 ratings)
Duration – 29 Hours
Skill Level – Any Level
Financial Markets by Robert Shiller, Yale on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 Stars (4805 ratings)
Duration – 27 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Game Theory by Stanford University on Coursera
Rating – 4.6 Stars (2750 ratings)
Duration – 12 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Introduction to Economic Theories by Erasmus University Rotterdam on Coursera
Rating – 4.5 Stars (84 ratings)
Duration – 42 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Introduction to Managerial Economics by IIMB on edx
Duration – 6 Weeks
Skill Level – Intermediate
Bioscience
Science Matters: Let's Talk About COVID-19/Coronavirus by Imperial College London on Coursera
Rating – 3.7 Stars (46 ratings)
Duration – 4 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Epidemics by University of Hong Kong on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 Stars (64 ratings)
Duration – 25 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Causes of Human Disease: Understanding Causes of Disease by University of Leeds on FutureLearn
Duration – 2 Weeks
Skill Level – Intermediate
Talking About Cancer: Reducing Risk, Early Detection and Mythbusting by Cancer Research UK on FutureLearn
Duration – 3 Weeks
Skill Level – Intermediate
The Addicted Brain by Emory University on Coursera
Rating – 4.6 Stars (64 ratings)
Duration – 25 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
The Science of Exercise by UC Boulder on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 Stars (1028 ratings)
Duration – 10 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
The Science and Practice of Yoga by University of Texas-Arlington on edx
Duration – 6 Weeks
Skill Level – Beginner
Vital Signs: Understanding What the Body Is Telling Us by University of Pennsylvania on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 Stars (2480 ratings)
Duration – 15 Hours
Skill Level – Intermediate
Engineering Health: Introduction to Yoga and Physiology by New York University Tandon School of Engineering on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 Stars (56 ratings)
Duration – 47 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Peak Performance by FutureLearn
Duration – 6 Weeks
Skill Level – Beginner
Computer architecture
Software Architecture & Design by Georgia Institute of Technology on Udacity
Duration – 2 months
Skill Level – Intermediate
Embedded Software and Hardware Architecture by University of Colorado Boulder on Coursera
Duration – 4 Hours
Skill Level – Intermediate
High Performance Computer Architecture by Georgia Institute of Technology on Udacity
Duration – Own Pace
Skill Level – Advanced
Computer Networking by Georgia Tech on Udacity
Duration – 5 months
Skill Level – Intermediate
Intro to Theoretical Computer Science on Udacity
Duration – 2 months
Skill Level – Intermediate
Network Protocols and Architecture by Cisco on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 Stars (1067 ratings)
Duration – 16 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Data science
Data Science: Linear Regression by Harvard University on edx
Duration - 8 Weeks
Skill Level – Beginner
Intro to Data Analysis via Udacity
Duration - 6 weeks
Skill Level – Beginner
IBM Data Science Professional Certificate by IBM on Coursera by IBM on Coursera
Rating – 4.6 Stars (105,039 ratings)
Duration – 10 Months
Skill Level – Beginner
Managing Big Data with MySQL by Duke University on Coursera
Rating – 4.7 Stars (2685 ratings)
Duration – 46 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Analyzing Big Data with SQL by Coursera
Rating – 4.9 Stars (122 ratings)
Duration – 18 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Artificial Intelligence for Trading by Udacity
Duration – 6 months
Skill Level – Beginner
Expand Your Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence by Udacity
Duration – 3 months
Skill Level – Intermediate
Intermediate R by Datacamp
Duration – 6 Hours
Skill Level – Intermediate
Statistics and R by Harvard University on edx
Duration - 8 Weeks
Skill Level – Intermediate
Using Databases with Python by University of Michigan on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 Stars (14,998 ratings)
Duration – 13 hours
Skill Level – Intermediate
Python for Data Science by the University of California, San Diego on edx
Duration – 10 Weeks
Skill Level – Advanced
Complete Data Science Training with Python for Data Analysis by the University of California, San Diego on edx
Duration – 10 Weeks
Skill Level – Advanced
Deep Learning in Computer Vision by National Research University Higher School of Economics on Coursera
Rating – 3.8 Stars (195 ratings)
Duration – 17 Hours
Skill Level – Advanced
Artificial Intelligence for Robotics by Georgia Tech Masters on Udacity
Duration – 2 Months
Skill Level – Advanced
AI Workflow: Machine Learning, Visual Recognition and NLP by IBM on Coursera
Rating – 4.6 Stars (14 ratings)
Duration – 7 Hours
Skill Level – Advanced
Business communication
Business Fundamentals: Effective Communication on FutureLearn, accredited by EOCCS
Rating – 4.3 Stars (9 ratings)
Duration – 4 Weeks
Skill Level – Any Level
Effective Business Presentations with Powerpoint by Coursera
Rating – 4.6 Stars (746 ratings)
Duration – 12 Hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Design and Make Infographics (Project-Centered Course) by Michigan State University on Coursera
Rating – 4.7 Stars (590 ratings)
Duration – 14 Hours
Skill Level – Any Level
Wireless Communications for Everybody by Yonsei University on Coursera
Rating – 4.6 stars (533 ratings)
Duration – 10 hours
Skill Level – Beginner
Foreign languages
Tsinghua Chinese: Start Talking with 1.3 Billion People by Tsinghua University on edx
Duration – 6 Weeks
Skill Level – Beginner
Basic Spanish 1: Getting Started by Universitat Politècnica de Valencia on edx
Duration – 7 Weeks
Skill Level – Beginner
Basic Spanish 2: One Step Further by Universitat Politècnica de Valencia on edx
Duration – 4 Weeks
Skill Level – Beginner
Chinese for Beginners by Peking University on Coursera
Rating – 4.7 Stars (5002 ratings)
Duration – 15 hours
Skill Level – Beginner
First Step Korean by Yonsei University on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 stars (6,587 ratings)
Duration – 12 hours
Skill Level – Beginner
More Chinese for Beginners by Peking University on Coursera
Rating – 4.7 stars (424 ratings)
Duration – 15 hours
Skill Level – Advanced course for beginners
Spanish Vocabulary: Meeting People by University of California, Davis on Coursera
Rating – 4.6 stars (714 ratings)
Duration – 46 hours
Skill Level – Intermediate
Introduction to Dutch by FutureLearn
Duration – 3 Weeks
Skill Level – Beginner
Professional development
Self-Assessment – Developing Your Strengths by Fullbridge on edx
Duration – 4 Weeks
Skill Level – Beginner
Employee Engagement and Motivation: An Introduction by FutureLearn
Duration – 2 Weeks
Skill Level – Any Level
Improve Your English Communication Skills Specialization by Georgia Institute of Technology on Coursera
Rating – 4.7 stars (7355 ratings)
Duration – 5 months
Skill Level – Beginner
Career Brand Development and Self-Coaching by The State University of New York on Coursera
Rating – 4.2 stars (59 ratings)
Duration – 13 hours
Skill Level – Any Level
Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects by University of California San Diego on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 stars (52,565 ratings)
Duration – 15 hours
Skill Level – Any Level
Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential by McMaster University on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 stars (52,565 ratings)
Duration – 15 hours
Skill Level – Any Level
Presentation skills: Speechwriting and Storytelling by National Research Tomsk State University on Coursera
Rating – 4.6 stars (171 ratings)
Duration – 461 hours
Skill Level – Any Level
Presentation skills: Public Speaking Project by National Research Tomsk State University on Coursera
Coursera
Rating – 4.7 stars (18 ratings)
Duration – 13 hours
Skill Level – Intermediate
Creative Writing: The Craft of Character by Wesleyan University on Coursera
Rating – 4.5 stars (1135 ratings)
Duration – 10 hours
Skill Level – Any Level
Strategic Career Self-Management by The State University of New York on Coursera
Rating – 4.4 stars (204 ratings)
Duration – 13 hours
Skill Level – Any Level
Leadership
International Leadership and Organizational Behavior by Università Bocconi on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 stars (894 ratings)
Duration – 15 hours
Conversations That Inspire: Coaching Learning, Leadership and Change by Case Western Reserve University on Coursera
Rating – 4.7 stars (184 ratings)
Duration – 19 hours
Leadership Communication for Maximum Impact: Storytelling by Northwestern University on Coursera
Rating – 4.5 stars (661 ratings)
Duration – 5 hours
Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence by Case Western Reserve University on Coursera
Rating – 4.7 stars (599 ratings)
Duration – 12 hours
Skill Level – Beginner
High Performance Collaboration: Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation by Northwestern University on Coursera
Rating – 4.8 stars (1392 ratings)
Duration – 13 hours
Influencing People by the University of Michigan on Coursera
Rating – 4.7 stars (2419 ratings)
Duration – 11 hours
Leadership Through Marketing by Northwestern University on Coursera
Rating – 4.6 stars (330 ratings)
Duration – 10 hours
Management and Leadership: Growing as a Manager on FutureLearn
Duration – 4 weeks
Leadership for Engineers by Delft University of Technology via edX
Duration – 5 weeks
Skill Level – Intermediate
Women in Leadership: Inspiring Positive Change by Case Western Reserve University via Coursera
Rating – 4.7 stars (172 ratings)
Duration – 8 hours
