Best MOOCs of 2017

Technical Report Writing for Engineers

179 reviews

Get an introduction to technical report writing. Find out how to communicate your ideas through well-written engineering reports.

• FutureLearn
• 6 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Stanford Seminar - New Horizons for Electronic Systems

Explore emerging nano-technologies, semiconductor technologies, and their applications in a connected world with Stanford University's seminar. Duration: 1-2 hours.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Computation Structures (Spring 2017)

1 review

This course introduces architecture of digital systems, emphasizing structural principles common to a wide range of technologies.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 19 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Introduction to solar cells

10 reviews

Explore the workings of solar cells in this 5-week course by DTU. Learn about their history, efficiency, types, and emerging technologies. Ideal for green tech enthusiasts and career seekers.

• Coursera
• 23 hours 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Linear Circuits 1: DC Analysis

1451 ratings at Coursera

Learn to analyze DC circuits with resistors, capacitors, and inductors in a 7-week course from Georgia Tech, including practical sensor applications.

• Coursera
• 85 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Digital Fabrication and Technical Design

6 reviews

Michael Darling—veteran maker and CalArts faculty member known for fabrication and technical design in theater, TV, film, and themed entertainment—teaches the first course of our three-part program DigiFab: Introduction to Digital Fabrication. This cours…

• Kadenze
• 40 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

VLSI CAD Part II: Layout

278 ratings at Coursera

Explore VLSI chip design with this 5-week course from the University of Illinois. Learn to use CAD tools for ASIC or SoC design, focusing on logic to layout mapping, placement, routing, and timing analysis.

• Coursera
• 1 day 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Renewable Energy and Green Building Entrepreneurship

2656 ratings at Coursera

Welcome to the course where you learn to launch a new business in the energy, finance, real estate, design, engineering, or environmental sectors, while also helping you create positive environmental and human health impacts around the world.

• Coursera
• 17 hours 33 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Linear Circuits 2: AC Analysis

739 ratings at Coursera

This course explains how to analyze circuits that have alternating current (AC) voltage or current sources. Circuits with resistors, capacitors, and inductors are covered, both analytically and experimentally. Some practical applications in sensors are d…

• Coursera
• 1 day 4 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Embedded Systems

This course takes a holistic view of the embedded system stack focusing on processor architectures, instruction sets, and the associated advanced compiler optimizations.

• Udacity
• 16 weeks
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

The City and You: Find Your Best Place

150 ratings at Coursera

Explore the importance of cities, urbanization trends, and social challenges in this 6-week course by the University of Toronto. Learn to identify your ideal living location.

• Coursera
• 17 hours 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Embedded Systems Software and Development Environments

601 ratings at Coursera

Learn to develop embedded software applications with ARM-based Microcontrollers in a 4-week course by the University of Colorado Boulder. Includes hands-on project work.

• Coursera
• 9 hours 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Simulation and modeling of natural processes

359 ratings at Coursera

Explore modeling methods and simulation tools for natural phenomena with this 8-week course from the University of Geneva. No advanced programming experience required.

• Coursera
• 23 hours 8 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Kinematics: Describing the Motions of Spacecraft

316 ratings at Coursera

Learn to predict and control the motion of bodies in space with this 4-week course from the University of Colorado Boulder. Master particle kinematics, rigid body kinematics, and static attitude determination.

• Coursera
• 1 day 4 hours 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Wind resources for renewable energies

125 ratings at Coursera

The main goal of this course is to get the necessary knowledge on atmospheric and fluid dynamics in order to quantify the wind resource of a local or regional area.

• Coursera
• 17 hours 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)