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Ten most popular MOOCs starting in January 2015.

Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects

Jan 2nd | Coursera

Foundations of Teaching for Learning 3: Learners and Learning

Jan 5th | Coursera

1368.3x: Saving Schools: History, Politics, and Policy in U.S. Education, Mini-Course III: Accountability and National Standards

Jan 5th | edX

Shaping the Way We Teach English, 1: The Landscape of English Language Teaching

Jan 5th | Coursera

Becoming a Confident Trainer

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Early Childhood Education

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Education in a Changing World

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Teaching Adult Learners

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Teaching with Moodle: An introduction

Jan 11th | Others

Foundations of Virtual Instruction

Jan 12th | Coursera

Administration of adult and higher education

Jan 12th | Janux

Introduction to Learning Technologies

Jan 12th | Canvas.net

30 Days of TED

Jan 12th | Canvas.net

Teaching Flipped

Jan 12th | Canvas.net

Discover Your Value

Jan 12th | Canvas.net

Helping History Teachers Become Writing Teachers

Jan 12th | Canvas.net

COL101x: The Road to Selective College Admissions

Jan 13th | edX

K-12 Blended & Online Learning

Jan 13th | Coursera

Seven Essential Practices for Developing Academic Oral Language and Literacy in Every Subject

Jan 14th | NovoED

What is Character? Virtue Ethics in Education

Jan 19th | FutureLearn

A beginners’ guide to writing in English for university study

Jan 19th | FutureLearn

e-Learning Ecologies

Jan 19th | Coursera

Digital Literacies II

Jan 26th | Canvas.net

Minecraft for Educators

Jan 26th | Canvas.net

Teaching Library Research Strategies

Jan 26th | Canvas.net

Foundations of Teaching for Learning 6: Introduction to Student Assessment

Jan 26th | Coursera

Reading for Understanding: Literacy for Learning in the 21st Century

Jan 26th | Canvas.net

Supporting eLearners

Jan 26th | Canvas.net

American Education Reform: History, Policy, Practice

Jan 26th | Coursera

IndEdu200x: Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education

Jan 27th | edX

How to Succeed in College

Jan 27th | Coursera

GE001x: The Art of Teaching

Jan 30th | edX

Introduction to Genetics and Evolution

Jan 2nd | Coursera

Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology

Jan 3rd | Coursera

In the Night Sky: Orion

Jan 5th | FutureLearn

Introduction to forensic science

Jan 5th | FutureLearn

PY1x: Preparing for the AP* Physics 1 Exam

Jan 5th | edX

Tackling the Global Food Crisis: Sustainable Agri-food Systems

Jan 5th | FutureLearn

Network Analysis in Systems Biology

Jan 5th | Coursera

Agriculture and the World We Live In

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Astronomy: Discovering the Universe

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Basic Physics

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Chemistry – Building Blocks of the World

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Climate Change

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Contemporary Issues in Ocean Governance

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Marine and Antarctic Science

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Microbiology and Forensic Science

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Water in a Thirsty World

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Forest222x: Forests and Livelihoods in Developing Countries

Jan 6th | edX

Galaxies and Cosmology

Jan 6th | Coursera

Visual Perception and the Brain

Jan 7th | Coursera

8.MechCx: Advanced Introductory Classical Mechanics

Jan 8th | edX

AdvENVSCI.2x: Preparing for the AP* Environmental Science Exam – Part 2: Populations

Jan 12th | edX

SNU034.005.1x: Introductory Physics — Part 1: Mechanics and Waves

edX

Elements of Renewable Energy

Jan 12th | FutureLearn

Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions

Jan 12th | FutureLearn

Introduction to Water

Jan 12th | Janux

Hydraulic fracturing and water resources

Jan 12th | Janux

Practical Importance of Human Evolution

Jan 12th | Janux

Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Jan 12th | Coursera

Beauty, Form & Function: An Exploration of Symmetry

Jan 12th | Coursera

Science Fiction/Science Fact: Questions and Answers (Lite)

Jan 12th | Canvas.net

AdvPHY2.2x: Preparing for the AP* Physics 2 Exam – Part 2: Electricity and Magnetism

Jan 12th | edX

7.QBWx: Quantitative Biology Workshop

Jan 13th | edX

PHYS102.1x: Electricity & Magnetism, Part 1

Jan 13th | edX

Chemistry

Jan 13th | Coursera

ATOC185x: Natural Disasters

Jan 14th | edX

PS280x: Modeling Climate Change

Jan 19th | edX

Greening the Economy: Lessons from Scandinavia

Jan 19th | Coursera

Introduction to Sustainability

Jan 19th | Coursera

Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes

Jan 19th | Coursera

Statistical Molecular Thermodynamics

Jan 19th | Coursera

RA201x: Retos de la agricultura y la alimentación en el siglo XXI

Jan 20th | edX

Pathways to climate change adaptation: the case of Small Island Developing States

Jan 26th | Coursera

GFFCx: Growing our Future Food: Crops

Jan 26th | edX

Sustainable Food Production Through Livestock Health Management

Jan 26th | Coursera

The discovery of the Higgs boson

Jan 26th | FutureLearn

AdvBIO.3x: Preparing for the AP* Biology Exam – Part 3: Evolution and Diversity

Jan 26th | edX

CTB3365STx: Introduction to the Treatment of Urban Sewage

Jan 27th | edX

Agent-Based Modeling in Netlogo

Complexity Explorer

The Great Poem Series: Unbinding Prometheus

Jan 2nd | OpenLearning

Introduction to European Business Law

Jan 5th | Coursera

Chinese Language and Culture

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Indigenous Studies: Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Midwifery

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Understanding the Origins of Crime

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Writing for the Web

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

College Readiness: Reading, Writing, and Math

Jan 5th | Canvas.net

Think Again: How to Reason and Argue

Jan 5th | Coursera

UTokyo002x: Visualizing Postwar Tokyo, Part 2

edX

AmPoX.3: Poetry in America: Whitman

Jan 7th | edX

15.S23x: U.Lab: Transforming Business, Society, and Self

Jan 7th | edX

SW12.10x: China (Part 10): Greater China Today: The People’s Republic, Taiwan, and Hong Kong

Jan 8th | edX

HLS2X: ContractsX: From Trust to Promise to Contract

Jan 8th | edX

HLS1.1x: Copyright

Jan 12th | edX

America’s Unwritten Constitution

Jan 12th | Coursera

The Magna Carta and its Legacy

Jan 12th | Coursera

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Jan 12th | Janux

Understanding Terrorism and the Terrorist Threat

Jan 12th | Coursera

Disasters and Ecosystems: Resilience in a Changing Climate

Jan 12th | iversity

Reason and Persuasion: Thinking Through Three Dialogues By Plato

Jan 12th | Coursera

Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy

Jan 12th | Coursera

Adventures in Writing

Jan 16th | Stanford OpenEdx

Empire: The Controversies of British Imperialism

Jan 19th | FutureLearn

Shakespeare’s Hamlet: text, performance, and culture

Jan 19th | FutureLearn

Evolution and Natural Selection

Jan 19th | Canvas.net

History of the Slave South

Jan 19th | Coursera

Digging Deeper: Making Manuscripts

Jan 20th | Stanford OpenEdx

Surveillance Law

Jan 20th | Coursera

Stonehenge

Jan 21st | iversity

Archaeology of Portus: exploring the lost harbour of ancient Rome

Jan 26th | FutureLearn

Human Rights: Global & Local Protection

Jan 30th | iversity

Linear Circuits

Jan 4th | Coursera

Information Theory

Jan 5th | Coursera

Mining Engineering

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Mobile Robotics

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Aerodynamics / Hydrodynamics

Jan 12th | Others

Exploring Engineering

Jan 12th | Canvas.net

QMSE-02: Quantum Mechanics for Scientists and Engineers 2

Jan 13th | Stanford OpenEdx

Geospatial Intelligence & the Geospatial Revolution

Jan 14th | Coursera

EE210.1x: Signals and Systems, Part 1

Jan 15th | edX

Digital Signal Processing

Jan 19th | Coursera

Einführung in Computer Vision

Jan 19th | Coursera

EE40LX: Electronic Interfaces: Bridging the Physical and Digital Worlds

Jan 20th | edX

UT.6.02x: Embedded Systems – Shape The World

Jan 21st | edX

Regression Models

Jan 5th | Coursera

Practical Machine Learning

Jan 5th | Coursera

Developing Data Products

Jan 5th | Coursera

Computational Methods for Data Analysis

Jan 5th | Coursera

Image and video processing: From Mars to Hollywood with a stop at the hospital

Jan 5th | Coursera

Getting and Cleaning Data

Jan 5th | Coursera

Exploratory Data Analysis

Jan 5th | Coursera

LFS101x.2: Introduction to Linux

Jan 5th | edX

Cryptography I

Jan 5th | Coursera

Virtual Teacher Final Project

Jan 5th | Coursera

Hardware Security

Jan 5th | Coursera

Concepts in Game Development

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

The Data Scientist’s Toolbox

Jan 5th | Coursera

R Programming

Jan 5th | Coursera

Getting and Cleaning Data

Jan 5th | Coursera

Exploratory Data Analysis

Jan 5th | Coursera

Reproducible Research

Jan 5th | Coursera

Statistical Inference

Jan 5th | Coursera

CS169.2x: Software as a Service

Jan 6th | edX

M101J: MongoDB for Java Developers

Jan 6th | MongoDB University

M102: MongoDB for DBAs

Jan 6th | MongoDB University

M202: MongoDB Advanced Deployment and Operations

Jan 6th | MongoDB University

M101JS: MongoDB for Node.js Developers

Jan 6th | MongoDB University

M101P: MongoDB for Python Developers

Jan 6th | MongoDB University

6.00.1x: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python

Jan 7th | edX

Programming Mobile Applications for Android Handheld Systems: Part 1

Jan 7th | Coursera

Introduction to Computer Programming

Jan 12th | Janux

Power and elegance of computational thinking

Jan 12th | Janux

Artificial Intelligence Planning

Jan 12th | Coursera

Heterogeneous Parallel Programming

Jan 12th | Coursera

Information Visualization

Jan 13th | Others

Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1

Jan 19th | Coursera

PH525.1x: Statistics and R for the Life Sciences

Jan 19th | edX

Usable Security

Jan 19th | Coursera

EconSec101x: Economics of Cybersecurity

Jan 20th | edX

BI 4 Platform Innovation and Implementation

Jan 21st | openSAP

Algorithms, Part I

Jan 23rd | Coursera

Analysis of Algorithms

Jan 23rd | Coursera

Introduction to Cyber Security

Jan 26th | FutureLearn

Desarrollo rápido de productos innovadores para mercados emergentes

Jan 5th | Coursera

Technology Entrepreneurship

Jan 5th | NovoED

Innovation for Entrepreneurs: From Idea to Marketplace

Jan 5th | Coursera

New Venture Finance: Startup Funding for Entrepreneurs

Jan 5th | Coursera

Big Data for Better Performance

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Diagnosing the Financial Health of a Business

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Emergency Management

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Entrepreneurship and Family Business

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Financial Literacy

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Financial Planning

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Human Resources

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Innovation for Powerful Outcomes

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Introduction to Business in Asia

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Introduction to Enterprise Architecture

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Leadership: Identity, Influence and Power

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Negotiation and Conflict Resolutio

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Online Advertising

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Principles of Project Management

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Sports and Recreation Management

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Strategic Management

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

15.390.2x: Entrepreneurship 102: What can you do for your customer?

Jan 9th | edX

15.390.1x: Entrepreneurship 101: Who is your customer?

Jan 9th | edX

Success – Unleash yourself

Jan 11th | NovoED

Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship

Jan 12th | Coursera

Managing People: Engaging your Workforce

Jan 12th | FutureLearn

Make an Impact: Sustainability for Professionals

Jan 12th | FutureLearn

Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses, Part II

Jan 12th | Coursera

BP111x: Business and its Environment: An Overview of Business and the Role of Finance in Business

Jan 12th | edX

Thinking Outside The Box: Creative Entrepreneurship

Jan 12th | Canvas.net

Subsistence Marketplaces

Jan 12th | Coursera

3.086: Innovation and Commercialization

Jan 13th | edX

Public Speaking – Join the Talk & Spread the Word

Jan 13th | iversity

Time to Reorganize! Understand Organizations, Act, and Build a Meaningful World.

Jan 13th | Coursera

DQ 101: Introduction to Decision Quality

Jan 14th | NovoED

Business Analysis 101

Jan 15th | iversity

Storytelling for Change

Jan 17th | NovoED

Asset Pricing, Part 1

Jan 18th | Coursera

Decision Making in a Complex and Uncertain World

Jan 19th | FutureLearn

Idea Generation Methods

Jan 21st | iversity

The Governance of Nonprofit Organizations

Jan 26th | Coursera

Gamification

Jan 26th | Coursera

El ABC del emprendimiento esbelto

Jan 26th | Coursera

Project Management for Business Professionals

Jan 26th | Canvas.net

Contar Historias para el Cambio

Jan 27th | NovoED

Architecture 101 – Part I: From Nothingness to Place

Jan 5th | iversity

The Art of Photography

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

World Music

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Arch402: Frank Lloyd Wright and the 20th Century

Jan 12th | EdCast

Arch403: Designing Resilient Schools

Jan 12th | EdCast

Essentials of Interior Design

Jan 12th | Canvas.net

Introduction to Classical Music

Jan 12th | Coursera

Write Like Mozart: An Introduction to Classical Music Composition

Jan 13th | Coursera

Serious Game Design and Development

Jan 13th | iversity

The Music of the Rolling Stones, 1962-1974

Jan 17th | Coursera

Introduction to Graphic Design

Jan 19th | OpenLearning

UT.8.02x: Jazz Appreciation

Jan 20th | edX

Physical Theatre: Meyerhold and Biomechanics

Jan 26th | FutureLearn

Managing my money

Jan 5th | FutureLearn

Becoming Human: Anthropology

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Ec1101x: Principles of Economics with Calculus

Jan 5th | edX

Foundations of Psychology

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Sociology

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Game Theory II: Advanced Applications

Jan 11th | Coursera

Introduction to Sociology

Jan 12th | Janux

Moral Foundations of Politics

Jan 12th | Coursera

История и теория медиа (History and theory of media)

Jan 19th | Coursera

Теория игр (Game Theory)

Jan 19th | Coursera

Foundations of E-Commerce

Jan 19th | Coursera

Сравнительная политика (Comparative Politics)

Jan 26th | Coursera

Экономика для неэкономистов (Economics for non-economists)

Jan 26th | Coursera

Improving your image: dental photography in practice

Jan 5th | FutureLearn

Medical Neuroscience

Jan 5th | Coursera

Food, Nutrition & Your Health

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Introduction to Nursing in Healthcare

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

The Human Body as a Machine

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Understanding Common Diseases

Jan 5th | 4 weeks long | Open2Study

Introduction to Pharmacy

Jan 8th | Coursera

EDIVET: Do you have what it takes to be a veterinarian?

Jan 12th | Coursera

NUTR101x: Introduction to Nutrition – Food for Health

Jan 12th | edX

Introduction to Healthcare Career Exploration

Jan 12th | Canvas.net

What Matters: Understanding Mental Health

Jan 12th | Canvas.net

Deteriorating Patient: Assessment, Recognition and Management

Jan 12th | Canvas.net

Health and Wellness 101: Everyday Small Changes

Jan 12th | Canvas.net

Living with Dementia: Impact on Individuals, Caregivers, Communities and Societies

Jan 12th | Coursera

Circadian clocks: how rhythms structure life

Jan 15th | Coursera

WomensHealth: International Women’s Health & Human Rights

Jan 15th | Stanford OpenEdx

Ebola in Context: Understanding Transmission, Response and Control

Jan 19th | FutureLearn

Critical Thinking in Global Challenges

Jan 19th | Coursera

Understanding Ecology and Populations

Jan 19th | Canvas.net

An Introduction to the U.S. Food System: Perspectives from Public Health

Jan 20th | Coursera

Behavior Analysis & Therapy and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Jan 20th | Desire2Learn

Preventing Chronic Pain: A Human Systems Approach

Jan 26th | Coursera

The Challenges of Global Health

Jan 26th | Coursera

Equine Nutrition

Jan 26th | Coursera

The Land Ethic Reclaimed: Perceptive Hunting, Aldo Leopold, and Conservation

Jan 26th | Coursera

Disaster Preparedness

Jan 26th | Coursera

The brain in a non-stop round the world regatta. Chronobiology and sleep management

Jan 26th | Canvas.net

Clinical Problem Solving

Jan 26th | Coursera

Health for All Through Primary Health Care

Jan 28th | Coursera

Mathematical Methods for Quantitative Finance

Jan 5th | Coursera

Nonlinear Dynamics 1: Geometry of Chaos

Jan 6th | Coursera

Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Chaos

Jan 15th | Complexity Explorer

Initiation à la théorie des distributions

Jan 19th | Coursera

Mathematical Biostatistics Boot Camp 2

Jan 19th | Coursera

StatLearning: Statistical Learning

Jan 19th | Stanford OpenEdx

BMN101x: Bases Matemáticas: Números y terminología

Jan 20th | edX

Statistical Reasoning for Public Health 2: Regression Methods

Jan 26th | Coursera

UT.5.02x: Linear Algebra – Foundations to Frontiers

Jan 28th | edX

Math226.1x: Introduction to Differential Equations

Jan 29th | edX