Platform profile
Our take
MIT OpenCourseWare gives anyone free access to MIT's actual course materials. Best for highly self-motivated learners who already have some programming experience.
Best for
Highly self-motivated learners who want university-level rigor.
In our catalog
PythonIntermediate
MIT's legendary introductory programming course. Covers computational thinking, algorithms, data structures, and OOP using Python. Full lecture videos, problem sets, and exams available free.
PythonAdvanced
MIT's core algorithms course. Covers sorting, searching, dynamic programming, graph algorithms, and shortest paths using Python. Full lecture notes and problem sets available free.
JavaScriptAdvanced
MIT's math for CS course. Covers logic, proofs, graph theory, probability, and recurrences, all foundational for computer science theory and technical interviews.
Machine LearningAdvanced
MIT's graduate-level machine learning course. Covers supervised and unsupervised learning, neural networks, SVMs, Bayesian methods, EM algorithm, and reinforcement learning.
JavaIntermediate
MIT's software engineering course using Java. Covers specifications, testing, abstraction, concurrency, and design patterns. Full lecture notes and problem sets.
CBeginner
MIT's hands-on introduction to programming in C. Covers syntax, pointers, memory management, data structures, and the C standard library. Includes lecture notes, problem sets, and exams. The classic free C course from MIT OpenCourseWare.
C++Intermediate
MIT's introductory C++ course. Covers C-style fundamentals, classes, inheritance, polymorphism, templates, and the STL. Includes complete lecture notes, assignments, and quizzes. All free on OpenCourseWare.
Machine LearningIntermediate
MIT's annual deep learning course. Covers deep learning fundamentals, CNNs, RNNs, generative models, and responsible AI. Lecture videos updated annually and completely free.
Head to head
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