Free online courses that you can take in December

As George Bernard Shaw said, the activity - the only way to knowledge. In order to stimulate your activity, we have prepared the next selection of free online courses. You will be able to pass them or enroll them in December.

How to work smarter, not harder

start the course: December 2015
course duration: 4 weeks
Area: Coursera
Organizer: University of California, Irvine
Tongue: English + Ukrainian subtitles

The second of ten specialization courses Career Success. Dedicated to working time planning to improve personal and professional performance. You will learn why the time - the most scarce resource, and how to properly dispose of them. Learn how to set goals, prioritize and delegate. The course is suitable for executives, managers and freelancers.

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Work with the best

start the course: Anytime
course duration: 5 lessons
Area"Business Environment"
AuthorsMikhail Khomich and Yuriy Mitin, heads of business incubator MSU
Tongue: Russian

How to build a perfect team? What is the principle to select people and what to expect from them? What weaknesses need to forgive professionals? Answers to these and other questions will give the authors of this course. You will learn how to gather around him the best people and succeed. The course consists of five short video lectures. It will be useful for entrepreneurs, startups and HR-professionals.

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Manage your online reputation

start the course: December 3, 2015
course duration1 lesson
Area"Netologiya"
AuthorNikita Prokhorov, Deputy Director General of "Sidorin Lab"
Tongue: Russian

Occupation of the curriculum "Content marketing: blog, email-marketing, social networks, and webinars for businesses». In a highly competitive brands have to keep track of all references to themselves and react to them. After all, the Internet is playing an increasingly important role in shaping the image of the company. During the class you will learn what social branding, how to set up automatic and manual notification monitor and react to negative and positive reviews.

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Theory of money. From seashells to Bitcoin

start the course: Winter 2015-2016 years
course duration8 weeks
Area"Lectorium"
Organizer: European University at Saint Petersburg
Tongue: Russian

The course, which took second place in the nomination "Humanities" on EdCrunch Award 2015 competition. On the role of money in the modern world can be discussed. One thing is certain: it is an integral part of life. Of course, you will learn that economists believe the money and how their value is determined. Together with Professor Julia Vymyatninoy trace the history of money: that used in different cultures as money and how to change their appearance. It will also focus on such important phenomena as electronic money and Bitcoins.

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Mathematical logic

start the course: December 12, 2015
course duration: 13 weeks
Area"Open education"
Organizer: Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University
Tongue: Russian

The course is aimed at forming concepts of classical logic and its applications in computer science. Software engineer must master new technology every 2-5 years. But, according to Professor Yuri Karpov Glebovich, the theoretical foundations of IT remain unchanged. Mathematical logic - the foundation that underlies the semantics of programming languages, specifications and verification program. All this you know, passing the course.

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celestial mechanics

start the course: Winter 2015-2016 years
course duration7 weeks
Area"Lectorium"
Organizer: Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics
Tongue: Russian

People fly into space, launching satellites into orbit, explore the solar system. The foundation of these achievements is the celestial mechanics. Knowledge of the laws that are open by Newton to the present day is a necessary condition for solving the problems of cosmic scale. The course will give you the classic knowledge that make it possible to launch space ships and science move forward.

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Creation of scientific and technical texts

start the course: December 2015
course duration7 weeks
Area: Coursera
OrganizerNational Research Nuclear University MEPI
Tongue: Russian

The course will be useful to students of technical specialties, as well as professionals working in the field of nuclear energy, IT and other technologies. All they need the skills of creating scientific and technical texts in Russian. The course will examine the basic grammatical structures for written and oral communication in the scientific community.

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An introduction to practical electronics

start the course: November 30, 2015
course duration5 modules
Area"Universarium"
Organizer: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
Tongue: Russian

The course will start on the last day of autumn, will go through December and will be completed in early January. He will study the basic principles of electronics and learn how to apply them in practice. During training you together with teachers to build a simple "robot", go around obstacles and "seeing" the edge. The aim of the course - to show that the electronics - a serious applied science with a set of directions, at the same time accessible to everyone.

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Introduction to human physiology

start the course: December 2015
course duration10 weeks
Area: Coursera
Organizer: Duke University
TongueEnglish

What is homeostasis? How are endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory, reproductive, urinary and nervous systems? What types of muscle are there? How does the human gastrointestinal tract? Elementary questions, but the answers to them since the half-forgotten school program. Meanwhile, the foundation of a healthy lifestyle. The course will be useful for medical students, sportsmen and simply those who monitors the health.

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Emotional and cognitive abilities of dogs

start the course: December 2015
course duration8 weeks
Area: Coursera
Organizer: Duke University
TongueEnglish

A dog - man's best friend. The dogs are so smart that seem to understand us better people. But did you know his Mukhtar? The course is for those who want to know their pets. It also will be useful for veterinarians and dog handlers. The course leads known sobakoved, assistant professor of evolutionary anthropology and head of the center studying canine cognitive activity at Duke University - Brian Hare (Brian Hare).

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