15 free online courses in August for leveling their knowledge

1. Internet business

start the course: August 7, 2017.
course duration: 5 weeks.
Area: Coursera.
organizers: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Internet Initiatives Development Fund.
Tongue: Russian.

Having mastered the five-week course, you will get acquainted with modern business models, learn how to work startups, learn to identify customer needs and perform market segmentation. The first course is aimed at those who are just planning to launch a business on the Internet, but it will be useful to those who already have management experience.

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2. How to inspire and motivate people

start the course: July 31, 2017.
course duration: 4 weeks.
Area: Coursera.
Organizer: University of Michigan.
Tongue: English; have subtitles in Russian.

There are no bad employees - there are unmotivated. But companies increasingly difficult to inspire employees. How to formulate a mission for the team and set the right goals? How to unlock the potential of every employee, and improve business performance? The answers to these questions you will get from this course.

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3. Fundamentals of advertising with Google AdWords

start the course: July 31, 2017.
The volume of the course2 module.
Area"Universarium".
course authorsIvan Akimov (account director ArrowMedia), Tatiana Noskov (Business Development Manager), Hope Shukalova (Senior Consultant Business Development), Alexander Yaroshchuk (Director of Development MediaGuru).
Tongue: Russian.

The course introduces you to the features and benefits of Google AdWords placement of advertising campaigns in the system. You will learn to manage running campaigns there, understand how to analyze the obtained results in the course of them, and be able to improve business performance.

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4. Fundamentals of statistics

start the course: August 2017.
The volume of the course3 module.
Area"Stepik".
Organizer: Institute of Bioinformatics.
Tongue: Russian.

Do you want to learn to see beyond the numbers details? Listen to this course. You do not have the specialized mathematical knowledge to understand the basic principles and methods of statistical analysis. The main focus of the lectures made on intuition and logic.

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5. The possibility of crowd-marketing to promote your business online

Date of employment: August 30, 2017.
volume1 activity.
courtand "Netologiya".
course authorIgor Mine, co-founder and head of referr.ru.
Tongue: Russian.

Crowd-marketing involves creating natural links to relevant topics on forums, blogs and discussions in social networks. In this lesson, you will learn the real scenario of application of crowd-marketing and examples of successful campaigns, and also learn in which areas it is better not to apply.

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6. How and why to move to the messengers

Date of employment: August 16, 2017.
volume1 activity.
Area"Netologiya".
course authorPavel Gurov, the eponymous founder of SMM-agency.
Tongue: Russian.

Stepping into messengers - the hottest trend in marketing. Think of how much noise was made Canceled Telegram lock. In this lesson, open an internet marketer Paul Gurov talk about what profit business can bring WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Viber. You know what a circular promotion group chats, how to send service messages and why you need stikerpaki.

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7. Mobile Application Design Basics

start the course: August 27, 2017.
course duration: 4 weeks.
Area: Coursera.
Organizer: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
Tongue: Russian.

On this course you will learn the specifics of the design for iOS and Android, learn how to work with the components of the mobile and Web interfaces to create mobile animation, ensure successful communication in mobile interface. Learning outcome should be a working prototype of a mobile application that can be used in a portfolio.

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8. total dictation

start the course: August 2017.
The volume of the course9 modules.
Area"Stepik".
course authors: NSU team of teachers, Novosibirsk State Technical University, Russian State Humanitarian University, St. Petersburg State University, SFU and other Russian universities.
Tongue: Russian.

This year total dictation I have already passed. But with this course you have a great opportunity to prepare for the next. Total dictation - it is a social project that shows how great to be literate. Even if you do not want to participate in it, listen to this course to refresh your mind spell check.

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9. Journalism and Media Literacy

start the course: August 2017.
The volume of the course2 module.
Area"Stepik".
course authorKirill Artemenko, chief editor of the Internet newspaper "Paper".
Tongue: Russian.

Where are the news? How do reports? How to make the media? The advertising is different from editorial content? In this course, you will get answers to these and many other questions. You will better understand the content and faster filtering of poor quality. For students, this course - a great opportunity to try on a profession.

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10. The culture of the Christian East

start the course: August 2017.
The volume of the course: 16 lectures.
Area"PostNauka".
course authorAlexey Muraviev, Ph.D., Head of Middle East destinations School of Oriental Studies Higher School of Economics, Senior Researcher, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Tongue: Russian.

If you are fond of Oriental Studies at the lectures of this course you definitely will not be bored. It tells of Christianity as one of the important factors in the lives of people in the Middle East and Central Asia.

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11. Science for kids: visual experiments at home

start the course: August 2017.
The volume of the course4 module.
Area"Stepik".
course authorAnton Aleksashkin, graduate student of the Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow State University, chemistry teacher.
Tongue: Russian.

Want to interest teen science? Introduce him with the basics of physics, chemistry and biology through experimentation. From this course you will learn which experiments can put the house from scrap materials, and get their scientific substantiation. This is a great way to pull the child's knowledge (and your own) in the natural sciences and just have fun.

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12. Physics at your fingertips

start the course: August 2017.
The volume of the course6 modules.
Area"Universarium".
OrganizerMoscow State University named after M. IN. Lomonosov.
Tongue: Russian.

The course is for those who like physicsBut who of boring formulas and calculations to sleep. Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and professor of the Moscow State University tells the simple to the complex. He was literally on the fingers explains the electrical, optical, and other physical phenomena.

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13. Renewable energy sources

start the course: August 2017.
course duration8 weeks.
Area: "Lectorium."
Organizer: South Ural State University.
Tongue: Russian.

coal, oil, gas, and other organic sources run out of energy. Every year more and more emphasis on solar, ocean and other renewable sources. Get to know them you can in the framework of this course. In August, his beta testing starts.

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14. Geometry and Groups

start the course: August 7, 2017.
course duration: 16 weeks.
Area: Coursera.
organizers: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Dmitry Pozharsky University.
Tongue: Russian.

The course is for anyone who is interested in mathematics and geometry. From it you will learn about the movement of line, plane, circle and sphere, understand the difference between the scope of the donut, and learn how to project, reflect, rotate, stretch and compress the figure.

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15. cell Biology

start the course: August 2017.
The volume of the course10 lectures.
Area"PostNauka".
Course author: Eugene Cheval, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher Research Institute of Physical and Chemical Biology of A. N. Belozersky MSU.
Tongue: Russian.

Core membrane organelles - everyone knows these terms are still at school. But few people remember what they mean. But cells - that's all life on the planet. Listen to the course and update their knowledge of the structure of the cell. Also, you will learn many interesting facts about reproduction and cell death.

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