An introduction to the emerging field of global healthcare quality. Improving access to healthcare is only as useful as the quality of care provided. Many agree that quality is important – but what is it? How do we define it? How do we measure it? And most importantly, how might we make it better...

Understand cloud computing technologies and how they can increase business productivity and effectiveness. Organizations are increasingly moving their critical information and assets to the cloud. Understand the technology, best practices, and economics of cloud computing, and the rewards and risks of...

Learn software quality techniques beyond just running test cases. Want to gain software quality skills used in mission critical systems? Modeling checking, symbolic execution and formal methods are techniques that are used for mission critical systems where human life depends upon the system working...

Gain the skills necessary to effectively manage a corporation’s finances. Learn to use discounted cash flow, rate-of-return analyses and other financial management tools to evaluate projects, investments, and financial instruments. Want to learn how to make your corporation’s money make money...

Learn how corporate leaders make effective decisions to maximize profitability and achieve strategic organizational goals. Need a career boost? Every business depends on the acumen of its financial leaders. Learn to make profitable financial decisions from UMGC professors who have been distance educators...

Learn how to design, configure, and manage a cloud computing infrastructure. As Cloud Computing shapes businesses of all sizes, it is vital to understand the technologies behind cloud infrastructure, both public and private. This course, part of the Cloud Computing MicroMasters program, focuses on components...

Learn how to get to a net zero energy use of an existing building. Reduction of energy consumption of buildings is an important step in the move towards a sustainable economy. How can buildings be made net zero energy, in different climates?This course introduces you to zero energy design. It will teach...

Develop a comprehensive plan for increasing your personal leadership capacity to effect meaningful change now and into the future. Explore methods and strategies to critique and rethink organisational practices in education; develop staff and student wellbeing; and use coaching to support and lead change...

Understand key aspects of business operations and lean management including capacity, productivity, quality, and supply chain. Have you ever wondered about the right methods to improve productivity, configure your supply chain or address the demand on hand? In recent years, businesses have strived to...

Este es el primer curso en línea para crear y obtener fotografías contundentes para tus presentaciones de alto impacto con el programa Adobe Photoshop. ¿Te gustaría realizar presentaciones de alto impacto con el programa Photoshop para que tus imágenes fotogr&aacute...

Contracts are a part of our everyday life, arising in collaboration, trust, promise and credit. How are contracts formed? What makes a contract enforceable? What happens when one party breaks a promise? Learn about contracts from Harvard Law Professor Charles Fried, one of the world’s leading authorities...

Top chefs and Harvard researchers explore how everyday cooking and haute cuisine can illuminate basic principles in chemistry, physics, and engineering. Learn about food molecules and how chemical reactions can affect food texture and flavor. During each module of this course, chefs reveal the secrets...

Advance your telecom career by learning how 4G networks enable internet access for smartphone users anytime, anywhere. 4G is the cutting-edge network technology that links millions of smartphones to the internet. But how does it actually work? Ideal for network engineers, sales engineers, application...

Explore the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays. In the first act of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the Ghost of the dead King of Denmark appears to his son, setting off a chain of events that culminates in the play’s notoriously bloody finale...

Авторский курс, разработанный с учетом потребностей и возможностей аудитории разных возрастов и уровней подготовки. Курс будет интересен как экономистам, инвестиционным и финансовым консультантам, бухгалтерам, специалистам по финансовой аналитике, так и всем, кто желает постичь основы успешного сове...

Learn about the rich culture found in the Irish language while developing your spoken, reading, listening and writing skills.

Understand the role of brands and brand management in the modern world, and start developing your career in the sector.

Get an introduction to innovation and enterprise, and learn to generate and evaluate your own ideas.

Discover how supercomputers work and the real-life scientific breakthroughs made possible by today’s computer simulations.

Learn about central aspects of multilingualism in today's globalised societies, such as cognition, policies and education.