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Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Parts 1 and 2
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A two-part Coursera algorithms course by Tim Roughgarden of Stanford covering algorithm design and analysis, taught as video lectures. It is described as one of the first large online algorithms courses.
Commenter says they took both parts and found them excellent, noting it was among the first MOOC algorithms courses.
Algorithms & Data Structuresintermediatefreevideo lectures#algorithms#algorithm analysis#design techniques#roughgarden#stanford
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A few points after reading the original article from The Chronicle of Higher Education:
They spend a bit of time talking about how much work went into creating the courses. Of course it takes a lot of time, but you get the payback when you run it the second time, the third time etc. I'm surprised this was not mentioned.
Also, they mentioned that Robert Sedgewick of Princeton didn't wanted to be beaten to the punch creating a MOOC algorithm course. But he already was. Tim Roughgarden of Stanford gave the first course as far as I know. I took both part 1 and part 2 of his course, and both were excellent (more here: http://henrikwarne.com/2013/02/18/coursera-algorithms-course...)
Finally, Clay Shirky wrote a good piece on MOOCs a while a go: http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2012/11/napster-udacity-and-the... One of the points he makes is that producing "live" lectures (as opposed to using MOOCs) at a university is a little like only assigning books that the professor giving the lecture has written. Of course you want the best book on the subject, regardless of who wrote it. The same goes for a lecture on the subject. His article is well worth reading.