{"id":3947,"date":"2014-06-21T18:41:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T00:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3947"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:49:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:49:04","slug":"computer-science-free-courses-online-open-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/06\/21\/computer-science-free-courses-online-open-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Science: Free Courses Online | Open Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/computer_science_free_courses\">Computer Science: Free Courses Online | Open Culture<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3969\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3969\" class=\"wp-image-3969 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Fig11-12-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"Fig11-12\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Fig11-12-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Fig11-12-1024x632.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Fig11-12.jpg 1351w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: www.investors.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">\nFree Online Computer Science Courses &#8211; worth checking out.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Get free Computer Science courses online from the world\u2019s leading universities. 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