“Gamification” is the free online course offered by the University of Pennsylvania with collaboration to Coursera. Gamification is about absorbing the fun elements in a game, its mechanics or game techniques into real-world applications. It is the application of digital game design techniques to non-game problems, such as business and social impact challenges. The course is …
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Coursera: An Academic Way to Global Village
Coursera is an education technology company founded by computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller of Stanford University. Coursera believes in connecting people across the boundaries so that anyone can get education around the world. Their aim is to provide diverse and global education to the diverse people to improve their lives, the lives …
Introduction to Finance: Coursera Online Course
University of Michigan is starting a free online course “Introduction to Finance” along with Coursera. The course will deal with fundamental methods and skills of finance which are vital for understanding valuation of any asset, personal or corporate. The concepts of time value of money and risk will be applied to understand the major determinants of …
An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python: Rice University Online Course
Rice University along with Coursera is starting a free online course “An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python”. This course is an introduction to the basics of programming in Python. The main focus of the program will be on building simple interactive games such as Pong, Blackjack and Asteroids. Python is a high level programming …
Cryptography II: Stanford University Online Course with Coursera
Cryptography is the science of information security. It includes techniques such as microdots, merging words with images and other ways to hide information. Cryptography is used to protect e-mail messages, credit card information and corporate data. Cryptography, to most people is concerned with keeping communications private. Indeed, the protection of sensitive communications has been the emphasis of cryptography throughout much …