Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for Health Professionals

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

If you are interested in open educational resources I invite you to explore this list of online courses from Ed-X & Coursera. Feel free to share it with your personal learning network to promote the benefits of online learning.

Health Science

University of Alberta (Science Literacy) - Science Literacy will teach you about the process of science, how to think critically, how to differentiate science from pseudoscience, how indigenous wisdom can inform science, how to understand and design a scientific study, and how to critically evaluate scientific communication in the media.

McMaster University (Hacking Exercise For Health) - Learn the basics about the way your body boosts its fitness and strength.

University of Toronto (Managing Your Health) - This course will introduce learners to the concepts and benefits of physical therapy and exercise.

University of Toronto (Introduction to Psychology) - This course highlights the most interesting experiments within the field of psychology, discussing the implications of those studies for our understanding of the human mind and human behavior.

The University of Michigan (Four Part Anatomy Certificate) - Learn the foundations of human anatomy by understanding the major organ systems, their functions.
• Course 1: Musculoskeletal and Integumentary Systems
• Course 2: Cardiovascular, Urinary, and Respiratory Systems
• Course 3: Human Neuroanatomy
• Course 4: Gastrointestinal, Reproductive, and Endocrine Systems

University of Minnesota (Preventing Chronic Pain) - This course uses evidence-based science to better understand chronic pain conditions and how they can be prevented through self-management.

University of Michigan (Sleep: Neurobiology, Medicine, and Society) - The objective of this course is to give students the most up-to-date information on the biological, personal, and societal relevance of sleep.

Harvard University (The Opioid Crisis in America) - Learn about opioid use and addiction and how it has evolved over time, leading to the current public health crisis.

Harvard University (Health & Society) - This course is designed to introduce students to the major social variables that affect population health.

Harvard University (Three Part Fundamentals of Neuroscience Certificate) - This introduction to neuroscience covers everything from the function of individual neurons to the structure of brains.
• Course 1: The Electrical Properties of the Neuron
• Course 2: Neurons and Networks
• Course 3: The Brain

Yale University (The Science of Well-Being) - The purpose of the course is to not only learn what psychological research says about what makes us happy but also to put those strategies into practice.

Université Laval & University of Calgary (Concussion: prevention, detection and management) - This course demystifies concussion and explains how everyone can play a role in the prevention, identification, and management of this type of traumatic brain injury.

Stanford (Stanford Introduction to Food and Health) - This course will shift the focus away from reductionist discussions about nutrients and move, instead, towards practical discussions about real food and the environment in which we consume it.

University of Colorado (Palliative Care: It's Not Just Hospice Anymore Specialization) - This series of four course covers core concepts on the nature of suffering and demonstrates how to evaluate suffering and illustrates this in realistic patient scenarios.
• Course 1: What is Palliative Care?
• Course 2: Pain Management
• Course 3: Easing Physical Symptoms
• Course 4: Psychosocial and Spiritual Aspects of Palliative Care

Research

University of Amsterdam (Methods and Statistics in Social Sciences Specialization) - There are 5 Courses in this Specialization that covers research methods, design and statistical analysis for social science research questions.
• Course 1: Quantitative Methods
• Course 2: Qualitative Research Methods 
• Course 3: Basic Statistics
• Course 4: Inferential Statistics
• Course 5: Methods and Statistics in Social Science

Business

The University of British Columbia (Introduction to Marketing) - A Self-paced course where you can learn the fundamentals of marketing, including strategies and tools used across industries.

University of Pennsylvania (Entrepreneurship) - This is a four-course series is designed to take you from opportunity identification through launch, growth, financing and profitability.
• Entrepreneurship 1: Developing the Opportunity
• Entrepreneurship 2: Launching your Start-Up
• Entrepreneurship 3: Growth Strategies
• Entrepreneurship 4: Financing and Profitability

University of Michigan (How to Start Your Own Business) - This is a six course specialization that will cover a progression of topics necessary for successful business creation including: mindset, ideation, planning, action and strategy. 

Rochester Institute of Technology (Soft Skills) - This is a professional certificate that will cover essential soft skills employers’ value most, from communication fundamentals and teamwork to advancing critical thinking.

University of Virginia (Design Thinking for Innovation) - This course will provide an overview of design thinking and work with a model containing four key questions and several tools to help you understand design thinking as a problem solving approach.

University of Illinois (Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship Specialization) - This four course specialization will be of value to both aspiring and practicing entrepreneurs as well as employees in established firms who are interested in becoming innovative leaders in an interconnected world.
• Course 1: Strategic Innovation: Building and Sustaining Innovative Organizations
• Course 2: Strategic Innovation: Managing Innovation Initiatives
• Course 3: Creativity Toolkit I: Changing Perspectives
• Course 4: Creativity Toolkit II: Creative Collaboration

Education

University of Michigan (Mindware: Critical Thinking for the Information Age) - This course presents basic concepts from statistics, probability, scientific methodology, cognitive psychology and cost-benefit theory and shows how they can be applied to everything from picking one product over another to critiquing media accounts of scientific research.

McMaster University & University of California (Learning How to Learn) - This course gives you access to the invaluable learning techniques used by experts in art, music, literature, math, science, sports, and many other disciplines.