Free Neuroscience MOOCs

      Neuroscience MOOCs

      This is a list of free neuroscience MOOCs. All of these MOOCs allow a person to learn for free. All courses listed are related to neuroscience and can help a motivated person gain knowledge important to better understanding neuroscience.

      A MOOC is a massive open online course. Each MOOC is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, many MOOCs provide interactive user forums to support community interactions between students, professors, and teaching assistants. (Wikipedia MOOCs page)

      The list only contains online courses that do not require any payment from students to take the course. Some of the certificates require payment, but all those listed here will be at the very least free for students to enroll in and complete.

      All MOOCs listed will relate to neuroscience, brain research, neurology, psychology, mental health and cognitive sciences.

      Neuroscience MOOCs available to take now or in the future

      Visual Perception and the Brain
      Starts Dec. 19, 2016
      Duke University

      Principles of fMRI 1
      December 19 – January 22
      Enrollment ends December 24
      Johns Hopkins University & University of Colorado Boulder

      Medical Neuroscience
      Starts Dec. 19, 2016
      Duke University

      Synapses, Neurons and Brains
      Starts Dec. 26, 2016
      Hebrew University of Jerusalem

      Introduction to Programming with MATLAB
      January 9 – March 19, 2016
      Enrollment ends February 23
      Vanderbilt University

      The Brain and Space
      Starts Dec. 19, 2016
      Duke University

      Understanding the Brain: The Neurobiology of Everyday Life
      Starts Dec. 19, 2016
      The University of Chicago

      Older Courses

      The Brain and Space
      May 11, 2015 – July 30, 2015
      Duke University

      Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function
      September 14, 2015
      École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

      Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part I
      Self-Paced
      Harvard University

      Fundamentals of Neuroscience Part 2: Neurons and Networks
      Self-Paced
      Harvard University

      Good Brain, Bad Brain: Basics
      June 8, 2015
      University of Birmingham

      Scalable Machine Learning
      June 29, 2015
      University of California at Berkeley

      What is a Mind
      May 11, 2015
      University of Cape Town

      Understanding the Brain: The Neurobiology of Everyday Life
      February 23, 2015 – May 27, 2015
      The University of Chicago

      Begin Robotics
      June 15, 2015
      University of Reading

      Computational Neuroscience
      May 1, 2015 – June 28, 2015
      University of Washington

      Neuropsychotherapy

      Self Paced Online Learning

      Here are some websites offering free MOOCs covering various topics.

      Khan Academy

      Coursera

      EdX

      Course Talk

      Udacity

      Future Learn

      Udemy

      Stanford Online

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      Neuroscience MOOCs