An introductory UC Berkeley course on quantum mechanics and quantum computation, covering the math and principles needed to understand how quantum computers work. It was offered as a MOOC first on Coursera and later on edX.

Commenters highly recommend it as a way to learn how quantum computation actually works.

What commenters said (2)

1. Strongly recommendszodiac2014in “Launching the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab (2013)”

   I highly recommend the quantum computing MOOC from UC Berkeley. I took it when it was on Coursera but now it's on edx.

   https://www.edx.org/course/uc-berkeleyx/uc-berkeleyx-cs-191x...

2. Strongly recommendskrohling2013in “Success at complete quantum teleportation”

   If you're interested in learning more about how quantum computation actually works I strongly recommend this class on edx: https://www.edx.org/course/uc-berkeley/cs-191x/quantum-mecha...

   QC is literally magic.

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