Big History Project is a free introductory course that traces the history of everything from the Big Bang to the present, linking cosmic, earth, life, and human history into one narrative.

One commenter recommends it as a great overview of the entire history of our being, placing it alongside nand2tetris as another good course.

What commenters said (1)

1. Recommendsuzairfreaksout2018in “Ask HN: What are the MOOCs you have taken in 2018? Which do you recommend?”

   The best MOOC course I have taken this year is the one I'm currently doing. It is called nand2tetris [1] where you actually build a 16 bit computer all the way from nand gate. Along the journey you will be building the memory, operating system and also writing a compiler. You can follow my journey in tweets [2].

   Another great course I'd recommend is Big History[3]. Like nand2tetris,it gives you a great overview of the entire history of our being. From Big Bang to 2018.

   Also, I am looking for some great online courses on Distributed systems. It would be good if assignments are challenging and where you have to write a lot of code.

   [1] Nand2tetris: https://www.coursera.org/learn/build-a-computer

   [2] My Nand2tetris journey in tweets: https://twitter.com/abiduzz420/status/1076192382398357505

   [3] Big History Project: https://polymathgoodies.xyz/big-history-project/

   Edit: added extra spaces

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