MBA Aspirants who have shortlisted their top three Business Schools but still are not sure about the quality of the course, should consider enrolling for free online courses through Coursera. It is a non-profit online platform founded with the vision of educating millions of students. Students can watch lectures conducted by world-class professors, take interactive tests, and get an understanding on the quality of lectures. The Management courses cover areas in Business Strategy, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, General Management, Finance, and Operations Management.
The top Universities that are taking part in the initiative include Stanford University, Columbia University, Brown University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Florida, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt University, Duke University, Case Western Reserve University, Pennsylvania State University, IE Business School, Rochester University, University of Michigan, City University of Hong Kong, Princeton University, National Taiwan University and Northwestern University.
MIT has been the pioneer in offering free online courses with the MITOPENCOURSEWARE platform. Sloan School of Management is also part of the platform with courses in Management education highlighting Economics, Decision Making, Game Theory, Data Mining, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Strategy, Finance, Accounting, Negotiation, and Planning.
Recommended Resources
1) Coursera
2) MITOPENCOURSEWARE – Sloan School of Management
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I am Atul Jose, Founding Consultant of F1GMAT, an MBA admissions consultancy that has worked with applicants since 2009.
For the past 15 years I have edited the application files of admits to the M7 programs: Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Wharton School, MIT Sloan, Chicago Booth, Kellogg School of Management, and Columbia Business School, together with admits to Berkeley Haas, Yale School of Management, NYU Stern, Michigan Ross, Duke Fuqua, Darden, Tuck, IMD, London Business School, INSEAD, SDA Bocconi, IESE Business School, HEC Paris, McCombs, and Tepper, plus other programs inside the global top 30.
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