Free online courses by Stanford

[~s.o.s~]

In case you are not not aware, Stanford has started offering free online courses (as in real courses and not just video lectures) for topics like Database design, analysis of algorithms, CS 101 etc. Classes like database class, AI class and machine learning class are already live and a host of new courses are offered starting Jan 2012.

These classes are a good supplement for experienced developers who could never take a formal CS course as well as for the beginners starting out with computing. The enrollment for the "Design and Analysis of Algorithms I" has started with many other classes (like cryptography, CS 101 etc.)

If interested, you can register for the Algorithm class here along with the other offerings given by Stanford.

[BlurrieBlue]

After i had signed up, what else should i do? Will i receive any confirmation email?

[~s.o.s~]

Yes, your will receive all updates on the course front. The courses actually start in 2012 so there is some time before you get the stream of alerts.

[GrimJack]

Hey, when Gingrich becomes president, he will teach free courses just like University of Phoenix or Kaplan. But he promises it will be free just like the afor-mentioned colleges (which are definitely for profit

[GrimJack]

Oh, and I signed up to see what they could teach me.

[BlurrieBlue]

Yes, your will receive all updates on the course front. The courses actually start in 2012 so there is some time before you get the stream of alerts.

I see.. Thanks for the info :)

[DJSAN10]

Computer Security, taught by Dan Boneh, John Mitchell and Dawn Song
http://www.security-class.org/

Cryptography, taught by Professor Dan Boneh
http://crypto-class.org/

Software Engineering for Software as a Service (SAAS), taught by Armando Fox and David Patterson
http://saas-class.org/

Game Theory, taught by Matthew O. Jackson and Yoav Shoham
http://game-theory-class.org

Natural Language processing, taught by Dan Jurafsky and Christopher Manning
http://nlp-class.org

Probabilistic Graphical Models, taught by Daphne Koller
http://pgm-class.org/

Human-Computer interfaces, taught by Scott Klemmer
http://hci-class.org/

[frogboy77]

Anyone got any information on when the OP's original link is going to begin?

[peter_budo]

Frequently Asked Questions
1) When does the class start?
The class will start in February 2012 and will run for five weeks.

[frogboy77]

I believe it was due to start on Jan 23 and there has been a delay. I was wondering if anyone knew of the timescale of the delay.

[frogboy77]

May i also ask where these questions frequently occurred?

[peter_budo]

Why don't you register? It is for free...

[frogboy77]

I did! The question was, does anyone know how long the delay is expected to last.

[~s.o.s~]

No, except for the official mail communication, nothing is finalized. All January classes have been moved to February without any further information.

[Tofayel]

Yes, notonly Stanford but also most of well known university already started offering free online courses and this idea is came from well known Khan Academy.