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	Course Name	Start Date	Rating
AD	Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education Learn Design Thinking in a 9-Month Online Diploma via EMERITUS	18th March, 2020	5.0
	University of Pennsylvania Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”) via Coursera 5-10 hours a week , 10 weeks long 5-10 hours a week , 10 weeks long / /	Self paced	5.0 184 Reviews
	University of Adelaide Shakespeare Matters via edX 3-5 hours a week , 5 weeks long 3-5 hours a week , 5 weeks long / /	Self paced	4.8 49 Reviews
	California Institute of the Arts Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop via Coursera /	27th Jan, 2020	4.3 16 Reviews
	The Great Poem Series: Unbinding Prometheus via OpenLearning / /	Self paced	5.0 18 Reviews
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	University of Naples Federico II Dante tra poesia e scienza via edX 8-10 hours a week , 9 weeks long 8-10 hours a week , 9 weeks long /	Self paced	4.9 16 Reviews
	University of Virginia Plagues, Witches, and War: The Worlds of Historical Fiction via Coursera 2-3 hours a week , 12 weeks long 2-3 hours a week , 12 weeks long / /	27th Jan, 2020	4.5 11 Reviews
	University of Naples Federico II Letteratura latina, dalle origini all'età augustea via edX 4-6 hours a week , 6 weeks long 4-6 hours a week , 6 weeks long /	Self paced	4.8 8 Reviews
	University of Glasgow Robert Burns: Poems, Songs and Legacy via FutureLearn 4 hours a week , 3 weeks long 4 hours a week , 3 weeks long /	20th Jan, 2020	4.6 5 Reviews
	National Taiwan University 東坡詞 (Ci Poetry of Su Dong Po) via Coursera 3-5 hours a week , 9 weeks long 3-5 hours a week , 9 weeks long / /	20th Jan, 2020	5.0 2 Reviews
	The Chinese University of Hong Kong Classics of Chinese Humanities: Guided Readings via Coursera 2-3 hours a week , 5 weeks long 2-3 hours a week , 5 weeks long /	20th Jan, 2020	4.3 4 Reviews
AD	Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education Online Program in Innovation & Design Thinking via EMERITUS	18th March, 2020	5.0
	The Chinese University of Hong Kong 中國人文經典導讀 via Coursera /	20th Jan, 2020	No reviews yet.
	Goldsmiths, University of London Introduction to Who Wrote Shakespeare via Coursera 3-4 hours a week , 4 weeks long 3-4 hours a week , 4 weeks long /	20th Jan, 2020	4.0 2 Reviews
	University of Edinburgh How to Read a Novel via FutureLearn 2 hours a week , 4 weeks long 2 hours a week , 4 weeks long /	20th Jan, 2020	5.0 2 Reviews
	Tomsk State University Читаем русскую классику вместе. М. Булгаков «Мастер и Маргарита» via Coursera /	27th Jan, 2020	1.0 2 Reviews
	Universidad de los Andes Leer a Macondo: la obra de Gabriel García Márquez via Coursera /	27th Jan, 2020	4.5 2 Reviews
	Indian Institute of Technology Madras, NPTEL The Nineteenth-Century English Novel via Swayam / /	27th Jan, 2020	No reviews yet.
	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, NPTEL Literature, Culture and Media via Swayam / /	27th Jan, 2020	No reviews yet.
	Indian Institute of Technology Madras, NPTEL Introduction to World Literature via Swayam / /	27th Jan, 2020	No reviews yet.
	Indian Institute of Technology Madras, NPTEL English Literature of the Romantic Period, 1798-1832 via Swayam / /	27th Jan, 2020	No reviews yet.
	Saint Petersburg State University Fundamentals of the Chinese character writing (Part 1) via Coursera 4 hours a week , 6 weeks long 4 hours a week , 6 weeks long /	27th Jan, 2020	No reviews yet.
	National Taiwan University 唐詩新思路 (Tang Poetry) via Coursera /	27th Jan, 2020	No reviews yet.
AD	MIT Sloan & Columbia Business School Executive Education 9 Months Online Program in Digital Business via EMERITUS	5th March, 2020	5.0
	Indian Institute of Technology Madras, NPTEL Twentieth Century Fiction via Swayam / /	27th Jan, 2020	No reviews yet.
	Indian Institute of Technology Madras, NPTEL Modern Indian Writing in Translation via Swayam / /	27th Jan, 2020	No reviews yet.
	Indian Institute of Technology Madras, NPTEL Literary Criticism (From Plato to Leavis) via Swayam / /	27th Jan, 2020	No reviews yet.
	Indian Institute of Technology Madras, NPTEL Literature for competitive exams via Swayam / /	27th Jan, 2020	No reviews yet.
	Nanjing University 理解马克思 via Coursera /	3rd Feb, 2020	No reviews yet.
	National Taiwan University 紅樓夢-母神崇拜 (The Red Chamber Dream (2)) via Coursera 3-6 hours a week , 9 weeks long 3-6 hours a week , 9 weeks long / /	3rd Feb, 2020	No reviews yet.
	Hebrew University of Jerusalem Modern Hebrew Poetry שירה עברית מודרנית via Coursera 2-3 hours a week , 14 weeks long 2-3 hours a week , 14 weeks long / /	3rd Feb, 2020	No reviews yet.
	The University of Tokyo Words Spun Out of Images: Visual and Literary Culture in Nineteenth Century Japan via Coursera 2-3 hours a week , 4 weeks long 2-3 hours a week , 4 weeks long /	3rd Feb, 2020	No reviews yet.
	Universidad de los Andes Gabriel García Márquez entre el poder, la historia y el amor via Coursera /	3rd Feb, 2020	5.0 5 Reviews
	Université Paris Lumières Littérature numérique : de l’approche historique à la création via France Université Numerique 2 hours a week , 6 weeks long 2 hours a week , 6 weeks long /	4th Feb, 2020	No reviews yet.
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Modern American Poetry via Coursera /	10th Feb, 2020	3.0 1 Reviews
AD	Become a Data Scientist via DataCamp	Self Paced	5.0
	National Taiwan University 紅樓夢(The Red Chamber Dream) via Coursera 3-6 hours a week , 6 weeks long 3-6 hours a week , 6 weeks long / /	10th Feb, 2020	5.0 1 Reviews
	National Taiwan University 現代文學導讀：詩、散文、小說 via Coursera 4 hours a week , 5 weeks long 4 hours a week , 5 weeks long /	10th Feb, 2020	No reviews yet.
	Harvard University Poetry in America: The Poetry of Early New England via edX	Self paced	No reviews yet.
	Harvard University Poetry in America: Whitman via edX 3-6 hours a week , 8 weeks long 3-6 hours a week , 8 weeks long	Self paced	4.0 1 Reviews
	George Washington University Poetry: What It Is, and How to Understand It via Udemy /	Self paced	3.0 6 Reviews
	Korea University 고전문헌과 역사문화 via Open Education by Blackboard	Self paced	No reviews yet.
	MéxicoX Seducciones de Sor Juana via edX /	Self paced	No reviews yet.
	Davidson College Electronic Literature via edX 2-4 hours a week , 4 weeks long 2-4 hours a week , 4 weeks long /	Self paced	5.0 1 Reviews
	Cascadia College Innovative Cascadia Poetry via Canvas Network 2 hours a week , 6 weeks long 2 hours a week , 6 weeks long	Self paced	4.0 1 Reviews
	Dartmouth The American Renaissance: Classic Literature of the 19th Century via edX 3-5 hours a week , 4 weeks long 3-5 hours a week , 4 weeks long /	Self paced	5.0 1 Reviews
	Wellesley College Shakespeare On the Page and in Performance: Young Love via edX 4-5 hours a week , 3 weeks long 4-5 hours a week , 3 weeks long / /	Self paced	5.0 1 Reviews
AD	MIT Sloan & Columbia Business School Executive Education 9-Month Online Diploma in Digital Business via EMERITUS	5th March, 2020	5.0
	Wellesley College Shakespeare On the Page and in Performance: Tragic Love via edX 4-5 hours a week , 4 weeks long 4-5 hours a week , 4 weeks long / /	Self paced	5.0 1 Reviews
	Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail via +Acumen /	Self paced	No reviews yet.
	University of Foggia Percorsi di storia della letteratura italiana: l’epica cavalleresca via EduOpen	Self paced	No reviews yet.
	University of Pavia Livres enluminés à la cour des Sforza via iversity / /	Self paced	No reviews yet.
	Bibliotheca Alexandrina Modern Literature of Alexandria via edX / /	Self paced	No reviews yet.
	Harvard University Poetry in America: Whitman via edX 3-5 hours a week , 4 weeks long 3-5 hours a week , 4 weeks long /	Self paced	No reviews yet.
	Harvard University Poetry in America: The Civil War and Its Aftermath via edX 3-5 hours a week , 4 weeks long 3-5 hours a week , 4 weeks long	Self paced	No reviews yet.

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