1. The title is misleading: a) Half the course dealt with archaeology, mostly in relation to the pre-Hanseatic settlement of Haithabu, rather than wit… Read more

The course was well-designed, with a good variety of presentation and interesting practicals. I learnt a lot and would recommend it to others wanting … Read more

I spent longer on the course each week than the estimated time because course content lead me to follow up with additional research/viewing of my own.… Read more

As another reviewer has already said, this course struck the right balance between social, political and medical aspects of the subject. Even though t… Read more

The course is based on the "100 Stories" project by Monash University, which seems intended to counter the heroic ANZAC "myth" as it is known in Austr… Read more

This course looked promising, but turned out to be very disappointing.

1. The structure is poor. Individual units of the course grouped … Read more

This was a nice course, well structured and engagingly presented. Built around the activities of a group of foreign students at Oslo university, each … Read more

This is a short but intriguing introduction to Ramon Llull, a medieval figure whose name I heard but which meant very little to me before taking the c… Read more

I found much of the course simplistic. Obviously a lot of people found it inspiring, but for me it raised a lot of questions for which no answers were… Read more

A straightforward and very practical course, both for elderly people who are at risk from falls, and for family, friends and carers. It looks at healt… Read more

One of the first MOOCs I took (2015), and still one of the best. I'd visited various sites along the Wall (Vindolanda, Housesteads, Birdoswald...) bef… Read more

One of the best MOOCs I've taken, this course is wide-ranging and covers a timespan from prehistory to the present. It packs a great deal of informati… Read more

I did not complete the course. I had expected to learn about the ways in which the concept of heroism changed during and after WWI, but it seemed to m… Read more

This was my fourth MOOC in the Deciphering Secrets series, which is an indication of how addictive I have found these courses. They are based on the p… Read more

The course is well designed to give a very short introduction to a very complex topic. Week 1 looks at environmental influences and learned behaviours… Read more

I would probably give this course a higher rating if the title actually matched the content. As it is, it focusses mainly on a couple of high-profile … Read more

I enjoyed the course and I certainly gained a lot from it. Each week of the course starts with a couple of dialogues which bring in the vocabulary and… Read more

A very interesting, well-designed course. I was expecting the course to focus more on the Birmingham Quran itself, but in fact the Birmingham Quran wa… Read more

The course focuses on modern humanism as a philosophical approach to life and ethics which does not rely on religious belief, rather than looking at t… Read more

I had been looking forward to this course, but have come away from it feeling disappointed. I had hoped for a more in-depth examination of the impact … Read more