Art of Problem Solving Classes
We prefer to review high quality online courses that are free, but for the Art of Problem Solving (AOPS) classes we need to make an exception. The Internet is flooded with free courses taught by...
View ArticleA Search Engine for Massive Open Online Courses
The number of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is growing rapidly and it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep track of available courses as well as their starting dates. Class Central is a...
View ArticleThe Theoretical Minimum: An Introduction to Modern Physics for the Curious...
After Walter Lewin wows you with his theater of physics and you become intrigued by the possibility of parallel universes, you may be interested in some of the details behind modern physics....
View ArticleLively Chemistry Crash Course for Those in a Hurry
Although chemical experiments can yield exciting results, the theoretical part of chemistry may appear overly dry to students who are not already interested in it. Those who are studying the subject...
View ArticleMechanical MOOC: A New Type of Online Course That Teaches Basic Programming
Most massive open online courses (MOOCs) seem to follow a familiar pattern. Thousands of students sign up for free structured courses that require first watching videos of university professors...
View ArticleStartup Engineering: A Course for Advanced High School Students and Their...
Successful startup founders seem to be starting their companies earlier than ever before. Whereas Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerburg dropped out of college to start their companies, David Karp whose...
View ArticleAn Online Problem Solving Course for Young Kids
We’ve mentioned the work of James Tanton, Maria Droujkova, and Yelena McManaman before, and now they have teamed up to offer a one month long online math problem solving course. mpsMOOC13: Problem...
View ArticleA Free Stanford Online Course to Develop Your Mathematical Thinking
Most math classes try to teach computation skills and not much more. This is true not only in school where students memorize mechanical procedures and how to plug numbers into formulas, but also in...
View Article