free courses offered by Major US universities

[TLK]

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Nice selection of courses Deviliciousss :k:

[TS]

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@Little Princess

Uptil now I only registered 'cuz teh courses haven’t started yet.
The registration procedure is simple.

Click on this https://www.coursera.org/
On the right hand side you will see a big green tab with “Sign up now” written.
Click on that.
On the next page enter your name , email & password. & click on “Sign up”.
After you have signed up click on this Best Online Courses & Certificates [2026] | Coursera .Then chose the course you want. And you’re done.

I’ve had a number of members PM me regarding the sign up process , so I thought I’d post here too.

I am clicking on the courses and nothing happens. Anybody experiencing this ?

[LP]

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I am clicking on the courses and nothing happens. Anybody experiencing this ?

Are you clicking on the course name in the left hand side column ?

[TS]

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Yes.

[LP]

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Are you clicking on the ones in the very end ,the ones in black ?

[TS]

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No ma'am. I am clicking on the blue links where the index finger points.

[makd]

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thanks for sharing

[LP]

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@Tanvir S.

No ma’am. I am clicking on the blue links where the index finger points.

Weird it should work.

[BarbieCue]

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LP and BBq, please update us with your experience when you could?

Ease of registering, content quality, ease of learning and understanding, available help (can you interact with the instructor) and all.

I'm 2 weeks into my 10 weeks long course. Love everything so far. Days before the course begins, they send you a reminder email. The instructor him/herself sends you a welcome email. The day before the new lecture date, they email you again. So as far as communication goes, they're great.

Registration was super easy. Course content is excellent so far. You can watch the video lectures whenever you want, as many time as you want, pause and replay certain bits if you're confused. They're only 30 minutes long so its easy to keep up with it and not be distracted.

There are course forums where you can engage with other students of the course and ask questions. I haven't posted there yet but I'm sure the instructor keeps in touch on the forums as well.

Their FAQ section states they'll post us a certificate on the successful completion of the course. It doesn't say anything about paying money to get the certificate. Dunno, may be later they'll ask for a fee but right now there's no mention of it on their website.

They release a new lecture every week so you have plenty of time to catch up. They also release some assessment questions with the lectures. You get 3 attempts to get as many questions right as you can. So far I've gotten all right in the first attempt so they aren't tough at all. But the second quiz was slightly more tricky and had more questions than the first one so may be they get tougher as the course proceeds.

In short, very pleased with everything. Can't really think of anything to complain about.

[TLK]

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^ You are so motivating me to take couple of courses.

[BarbieCue]

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It's just like watching a 30 min youtube video (but you have to pay attention) and then answering questions on what you just saw. You have to get 90% in the assessment questions to pass. I'm familiar with Pharmacology already so I didn't have to do any extra reading for further clarification. But I'm thinking of doing some computers and stats courses for which I might have to do some reading on the side. Even then, the entire course will require only about 10 hours of my time in total.

[lethal_kamikaze]

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@Little Princess

These are good for general knowledge too.
TLK
I’ve signed up for a few courses.

I think LP is totally free

[Mademoiselle]

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So.. Anyone else taking one of these courses? Care to share your experience? :D

[rosedreams]

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ive signed up for modern poetry but been so busy this month. no time to sit and do the assignments :/

[ayeshaz]

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Omg this is so good...Im getting excited about doing courses online :D Anyone who has completed a course? Every course mentions that they give a certificate, where is the $100 mentioned? Also, wont any credit be given to the individual who has completed the course and also has a certificate when applying for a job?

[TLK]

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Omg this is so good...Im getting excited about doing courses online :D Anyone who has completed a course? Every course mentions that they give a certificate, where is the $100 mentioned? Also, wont any credit be given to the individual who has completed the course and also has a certificate when applying for a job?

$100 is what I heard on radio (a spokeperson of that website explained). I heard that some schools started accepting the certificates against credits given. I think, to apply for a job, a completion certificate should be available free of cost.

[rosedreams]

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bump!! so did anyone complete their course? any certificates awarded?? im actively participating in a new course

Contraception: Choices, Culture and Consequences by University of California San Francisco. So far so gd! It just started last week.

[Sweetmoi]

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Would like to hear some reviews??

[Mirch]

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@TLK

Just heard it on radio and did some research and now posting here. I think it would be a great opportunity for many people.

Stanford, Penn, UFM and Princeton; they are offering about 40 online courses for free, in major disciplines. Content is same high standard one that these universities offer in their on-campus classes. They are not degree courses, are free, if you want certificate at the end then you may have to pay $100.

You wont get credited towards your bachelor degree by Coursera, but some universities started to give credit for the courses you have don though this website.

https://www.coursera.org/

Created a thread on this 5 years ago:
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/career-and-academics/276343-free-online-courses-from-world-famous-universities.html

[Gizzy]

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More recently, there is iversity All online courses - iversity.org as well. Free Online courses for anyone around the world.