Harvard ofrece cursos virtuales y gratuitos para todos

La Universidad de Harvard, una de las más reconocidas a nivel mundial, está ofreciendo 36 cursos gratis en la modalidad virtual.

A través de edX, la plataforma educativa fundada por Harvard, ofrecen los MOOC (Massive Online Open Courses o Cursos online masivos y abiertos).

Estos duran en promedio entre 6 y 8 semanas, y la única forma en la que se deba pagar es que se desee un certificado, el cual podrá rondar los 50 dólares, sin embargo este trámite no es obligatorio.

Los cursos por el momento están en inglés y comprenden las áreas de liderazgo, análisis de datos, biología, historia, política, literatura, entre otras.

Estos son los cursos disponibles:

1. Super-Earths And Life

2. Hamlet’s Ghost

3. First Nights: Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring: Modernism, Ballet, and Riots

4. Case Studies in Functional Genomics

5. Introduction to Bioconductor: Annotation and Analysis of Genomes and Genomic Assays

6. AP® Computer Science Principles

7. Contract Law: From Trust to Promise to Contract

8. High-performance Computing for Reproducible Genomics

9. Introduction to Linear Models and Matrix Algebra

10. Introduction to Family Engagement in Education

11. Introduction to Data Wise: A Collaborative Process to Improve Learning & Teaching

12. Statistical Inference and Modeling for High-throughput Experiments

13. High-Dimensional Data Analysis

14. Introduction to Computer Science

15. Using Python for Research

16. PredictionX: John Snow and the Cholera Epidemic of 1854

17. Readings in Global Health

18. Entrepreneurship and Healthcare in Emerging Economies

19. The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours

20. Statistics and R

21. Science & Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science

22. Masterpieces of World Literature

23. Leaders of Learning

24. American Government

25. Fundamentals of Neuroscience Part 2: Neurons and Networks

26. The Fundamentals of Neuroscience Part 3: The Brain

27. China (Part 1): Political and Intellectual Foundations: From the Sage Kings to Confucius and the Legalists

28. China (Part 2): The Creation and End of Centralized Empire

29. China (Part 3): Cosmopolitan Tang: Aristocratic Culture

30. China (Part 4): Literati China: Examinations and Neo-Confucianism

31. China (Part 5): From a Global Empire under the Mongols to a Global Economy under the Ming Dynasty

32. China (Part 6): The Manchus and the Qing Dynasty

33. China (Part 7): Invasions, Rebellions and the Fall of Imperial China

34. China (Part 8): Creating Modern China: The Birth of a Nation

35. China (Part 9): China and Communism

36. China (Part 10): Greater China Today: The People's Republic, Taiwan, and Hong Kong