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Best Free Online Courses of the Year (2021 Edition) via Class Central |
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Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”)
Coursera
5-10 hours a week
, 10 weeks long
5-10 hours a week
, 10 weeks long
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Literature of the English Country House
FutureLearn
8 weeks long
8 weeks long
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Shakespeare Matters
edX
3-5 hours a week
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3-5 hours a week
, 5 weeks long
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Shakespeare's Hamlet: The Ghost
edX
5-7 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
5-7 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
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Masterpieces of World Literature
edX
5-7 hours a week
, 12 weeks long
5-7 hours a week
, 12 weeks long
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Shakespeare’s Othello: The Moor
edX
5-7 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
5-7 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
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Poetry in America: The Civil War and Its Aftermath
edX
3-5 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
3-5 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
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Poetry in America: Modernism
edX
3-5 hours a week
, 8 weeks long
3-5 hours a week
, 8 weeks long
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Ancient Masterpieces of World Literature
edX
3-6 hours a week
, 6 weeks long
3-6 hours a week
, 6 weeks long
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Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Shylock
edX
5-7 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
5-7 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
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Best Free Online Courses of the Year (2021 Edition) via Class Central |
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Japanese Books: From Manuscript to Print
edX
1-2 hours a week
, 9 weeks long
1-2 hours a week
, 9 weeks long
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Poetry in America: Whitman
edX
3-6 hours a week
, 8 weeks long
3-6 hours a week
, 8 weeks long
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Shakespeare's Life and Work
edX
5-7 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
5-7 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
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Modern Masterpieces of World Literature
edX
3-6 hours a week
, 8 weeks long
3-6 hours a week
, 8 weeks long
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Poetry in America: Whitman
edX
3-5 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
3-5 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
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ChinaX Book Club: Five Authors, Five Books, Five Views of China
edX
1-2 hours a week
, 5 weeks long
1-2 hours a week
, 5 weeks long
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Poetry in America: The Poetry of Early New England | ||
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Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop
Coursera
11 hours worth of material
, 6 weeks long
11 hours worth of material
, 6 weeks long
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Gabriel García Márquez entre el poder, la historia y el amor
Coursera
31 hours worth of material
, 8 weeks long
31 hours worth of material
, 8 weeks long
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Modern American Poetry
Coursera
33 hours worth of material
, 4 weeks long
33 hours worth of material
, 4 weeks long
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OpenLearning
8 weeks long
8 weeks long
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The Best Free Online Courses of All Time (2021) via Class Central |
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Dante tra poesia e scienza
edX
8-10 hours a week
, 9 weeks long
8-10 hours a week
, 9 weeks long
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Shakespeare’s Outsiders
edX
XSeries
5-7 hours a week
, 12 weeks long
5-7 hours a week
, 12 weeks long
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紅樓夢(The Red Chamber Dream)
Coursera
3-6 hours a week
, 6 weeks long
3-6 hours a week
, 6 weeks long
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William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: Comedy, Conflict, and Community
Coursera
25 hours worth of material
, 5 weeks long
25 hours worth of material
, 5 weeks long
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紅樓夢-母神崇拜 (The Red Chamber Dream (2))
Coursera
3-6 hours a week
, 9 weeks long
3-6 hours a week
, 9 weeks long
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現代文學導讀:詩、散文、小說
Coursera
4 hours a week
, 5 weeks long
4 hours a week
, 5 weeks long
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Words Spun Out of Images: Visual and Literary Culture in Nineteenth Century Japan
Coursera
2-3 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
2-3 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
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Plagues, Witches, and War: The Worlds of Historical Fiction
Coursera
2-3 hours a week
, 12 weeks long
2-3 hours a week
, 12 weeks long
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Modern Hebrew Poetry שירה עברית מודרנית
Coursera
2-3 hours a week
, 14 weeks long
2-3 hours a week
, 14 weeks long
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理解马克思
Coursera
15 hours worth of material
, 7 weeks long
15 hours worth of material
, 7 weeks long
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Global Shakespeares: Re-Creating the Merchant of Venice
edX
3-4 hours a week
, 8 weeks long
3-4 hours a week
, 8 weeks long
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University of Oxford, Said Business School Executive Leadership Programme. 8-Weeks. Online via GetSmarter |
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Letteratura latina, dalle origini all'età augustea
edX
4-6 hours a week
, 6 weeks long
4-6 hours a week
, 6 weeks long
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Changing Minds: Geographic Discoveries and New Worlds through the Eyes of a Renaissance Jewish Scholar
edX
1-2 hours a week
, 5 weeks long
1-2 hours a week
, 5 weeks long
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La Letteratura latina in età post-augustea
edX
6-8 hours a week
, 7 weeks long
6-8 hours a week
, 7 weeks long
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AP® English Literature & Composition – Part 1: Stories
edX
4-5 hours a week
, 7 weeks long
4-5 hours a week
, 7 weeks long
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AP® English Literature & Composition – Part 3: Plays
edX
4-5 hours a week
, 7 weeks long
4-5 hours a week
, 7 weeks long
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The Spain of Don Quixote
edX
4-5 hours a week
, 7 weeks long
4-5 hours a week
, 7 weeks long
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How to Read a Novel
FutureLearn
2 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
2 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
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William Wordsworth: Poetry, People and Place
FutureLearn
3 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
3 hours a week
, 4 weeks long
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Robert Burns: Poems, Songs and Legacy
FutureLearn
4 hours a week
, 3 weeks long
4 hours a week
, 3 weeks long
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Classics of Chinese Humanities: Guided Readings
Coursera
2-3 hours a week
, 5 weeks long
2-3 hours a week
, 5 weeks long
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東坡詞 (Ci Poetry of Su Dong Po)
Coursera
3-5 hours a week
, 9 weeks long
3-5 hours a week
, 9 weeks long
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Become a Product Manager - No Experience Required via Udacity |
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Leer a Macondo: la obra de Gabriel García Márquez
Coursera
21 hours worth of material
, 6 weeks long
21 hours worth of material
, 6 weeks long
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Japanese Culture Through Rare Books
FutureLearn
3 hours a week
, 3 weeks long
3 hours a week
, 3 weeks long
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Fairy Tales: Meanings, Messages, and Morals
FutureLearn
3 hours a week
, 3 weeks long
3 hours a week
, 3 weeks long
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The Divine Comedy: Dante's Journey to Freedom
edX
9-10 hours a week
, 8 weeks long
9-10 hours a week
, 8 weeks long
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Читаем русскую классику вместе. М. Булгаков «Мастер и Маргарита»
Coursera
25 hours worth of material
, 6 weeks long
25 hours worth of material
, 6 weeks long
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The Medieval Icelandic Sagas
edX
2-3 hours a week
, 6 weeks long
2-3 hours a week
, 6 weeks long
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Discover Don Quijote de la Mancha Part I - Palmerín de Inglaterra
Independent
5 hours a week
, 5 weeks long
5 hours a week
, 5 weeks long
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