Top 5 Free Online Courses from Coursera

Middle of January is the right time to pick up your head and start fulfilling your New Year's promises about studying hard and learning more. And perhaps you should start with great online courses courses. Top 5 January free online courses from Coursera.

1. Game Theory

Organizer: Higher School of Economics

For whom: The course will be useful for political scientists, mathematicians, conflict psychologists and economists

Description: The course will disambiguate the main types of games (simultaneous and sequential, with perfect and imperfect information, coalitional and non-coalition), and will provide ways to solve these games with numerous examples.

Duration: from January 19 January to April 12 April

Language: Russian

2. Artificial Intelligence Technology Development

Organizer: University of Edinburgh

For whom: The course assumes a basic knowledge of logic and mathematical inference.

Description: The course consists of video lectures that will explore the theory of artificial intelligence development and its applications.

Duration: Jan. 12 through Mar. 2

Language: English

3. Moral Foundations of Politics

Builder: Yale University

For whom: This online course would appeal primarily to political scientists, philosophers and sociologists. But the authors place no restrictions on the audience, so anyone can take the course.

Description: The course "The Moral Foundations of Politics" offers a comprehensive overview of the main political schools (anarchism, liberalism, conservatism, etc.). The course will offer a reflection on the moral side of political thinking

Duration: Jan. 12 - Mar. 11 

Language: English

4. Problems of metaphysics in the test of politics, 1943-1968

Organizer: The High Normal School

For whom: The course will be of interest to political scientists and philosophers

Description: The purpose of this course is to explore the relationship of twentieth-century political theories to fundamental philosophy. The course will focus on Sartre, Lévi-Strauss, Foucault, Deleuze, Derrida, etc.

Duration: March 9 to June 15 

Language: French

5. Music of the Rolling Stones

Organizer: University of Rochester

For whom: The course will be of interest to music students and also fans of the Rolling Stones.

Description: Great way to combine business with pleasure: learn about any band as well as gain a scholarly insight into rock culture.

Duration: January 17 to March 31 

Language: English