The classes are filmed and feature MIT Professors and MIT Students. The content is posted online. The only downside is you need to download/buy/borrow the books.
Understanding Finance
This course explains all the basics of finance
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/15-401-finance-theory-i-fall-2008/
How to make a good business plan
This course is aimed at MIT Students who want to create a business. It features a rich investor and a guy who created and sold a business to Walmart.
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/15-s21-nuts-and-bolts-of-business-plans-january-iap-2014/
Introduction to CS and Programming using Python
This course at students with little to no experience. It aims to help peopl feel confident in their ability to write simple programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals.
Einstein, Oppenheimer, Feynman: Physics in the 20th Century
This course explains modern physics. What is relativity theory? What is quantum theory? How did a bunch of guys create discover nuclear power? Why are scientists studying invisible particles in space?
Speak Italian With Your Mouth Full
This is one of the funniest course. The participants in this seminar will dive into learning basic conversational Italian, Italian culture, and the Mediterranean diet. Each class is based on the preparation of a delicious dish
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/es-s41-speak-italian-with-your-mouth-full-spring-2012/
Tips
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The courses are fantastic, but they can be quiet hard. You need to focus and pay attention. I recommend taking them in the morning. Also, get your smartphone out of the room.
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Take notes. Get an actual pen and paper.
Only in “international university rankings” that treat essentially classes being given in the English language as about 1/3 of the score or as they call it, “easiness for international students”.
Or in other words, “for international students” they’re one of the best in the World, to a large extent because all lessons are in English so all else being the same, universities in English-speaking countries will always come above universities in non-English speaking countries because English is the main Lingua Franca at the moment.
Also a lot of the other quality metrics (such as number of published papers) actually measure research proeficiency rather than teaching quality, which whilst relevant for post-grads, isn’t quite as relevant for most students.
Whether if measured from the point of view of the main student community they serve rather than “international post-grad student” MIT is the best in the World, is unclear.