There are instances in life where one has to make decisions that involve giving up on personal preferences and taking up paths that are entirely different from what we’d initially imagined. But fret not, because today we live in a world that is full of opportunities and the interweb is one of the main reasons why that has been possible.

This vast space has proved to be boon to mankind in various ways, its services range from something as simple as connected you to loved ones across the globe to making complex information about things available to you for understanding. It has also made great advancements in the sphere of education and distance learning by providing us with opportunities to take online courses from the comfort of our homes. What’s better is that a certain online platform is providing these courses for free!

These are Massive Open Online Courses, also known as MOOCs, are available on the internet. They are offered by different institutions, including the Ivy League colleges abroad, through different portals like Edex, Coursera et.al or even through its own official sites. These courses are provided free of cost except for those wishing to bag certificates for their curriculum vitae.

These online courses cover all spheres and branches of education and also provide students with soft and hard skills. There are no age restrictions for those wishing to enrol for them and they are usually self paced, making them convenient to take for those who wish to gain new skills and information amidst their busy schedule. Remember the old hobby or field you turned your back to in order to shoulder urgent responsibilities or the subject you had to give because it didn’t fit in the curriculum offered to you by your institute? You can now do it all and more!

To make lives easier for everyone, the website Quartz collated a list of these courses which ultimately added 600. Here are some online courses mentioned for different fields that you can check out:

I. Science:

• Backyard Meteorology: The Science of Weather offered by Harvard University.

• Nuclear Energy: Science, Systems and Society offered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• Introduction to the Schrödinger Equation and Quantum Transport offered by Purdue University

II. Art & Design

• 18th-Century Opera: Handel & Mozart offered by Harvard University

• 3D Modeling from Architectural Drawings offered by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

• Flower Arrangements in China and Japan | 现代生活美学：花之道 offered by Tsinghua University

III. Humanities

• Learn Research Skills for Conducting Interviews offered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Othello’s Story from Harvard University

• HOPE: Human Odyssey to Political Existentialism offered by Princeton University

IV. Business

• The Role of Impact Assessments in Real Estate Development offered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Creating Shared Benefits in Real Estate Development offered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• FinTech Law and Policy offered by Duke University

You can find the complete break-up list consisting of about 600 courses here.

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