One of the most prestigious universities in the world, the WITH (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Portuguese), in the United States, offers thousands of online coursesseveral of which are available on the institution’s YouTube channel. There are more than 2,500 completely free courses for students from any corner of the world.
According to the magazine ranking o MIT is the second largest university in the worldsecond only to the University of Oxford, in England.
It has existed since 1861 and has among its staff (including students, teachers and researchers) 85 laureates of the Nobel Prizeas well as a former secretary general of the UN (United Nations).
A leader in the area of business and economics, MIT is highlighted in THE for having alumni who own more than 30 thousand companies.
is an official university platform that offers courses ranging from engineering and computer science to psychology and music. Many of these courses are also on , which has more than 5 million subscribers and totals more than 7.5 thousand videos since its creation in 2005.
The OpenCourseWare website organizes these more than 2,500 courses already produced and also offers assignments and additional readings.
Check it out below seven interesting course options you can take through MIT OpenCourseWare. It is important to highlight that they are all spoken with subtitles generated by the YouTube algorithm. Furthermore, these free courses do not offer certifications.
It is a course focused on students with little or no experience in . It aims to offer an understanding of the role that computing can play in problem solving and help students feel more confident in their ability to write small pieces of code that allow them to achieve useful goals.
OpenCourseWare offers dozens of language courses, including Portuguese. This specific one is focused on those who already have an intermediate knowledge of English and need to develop a better understanding of the language and learn common expressions from everyday North American life.
This is a course that covers the process of identifying business opportunities, planning and starting a technology-based venture. It is aimed at students who want to open a new startup or develop an existing business. It has classes on what innovation is, the myths of entrepreneurship and how to segment the market.
The platform offers three courses on the theories of quantum physics. The first course addresses issues such as the general structure of quantum mechanics, the two-state system, and angular momentum and rotation, always focusing on modern applications of these concepts.
In this course, students will learn creative design and production methods for designing and developing digital games. Classes range from the process of brainstorm even how to run a game studio.
This is a course for those who want to know more about the history of cinema, from silent films to the works of great filmmakers such as Hitchcock e Kurosawaanalyzing the historical and cultural context in which these films were developed.
Proving that the platform offers courses on the most varied topics, we highlight this course that talks about the concepts of poker, the mathematics involved in the game and tips for playing traditional Texas Hold’Em at a professional level.
