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rs186 ◴[] No.46178589[source]
In the past they made videos available via Udacity, which were removed after Udacity turned their focus to short & easy (which often means superficial) courses for enterprise training instead of "serious" university courses. I guess that was not a viable business.

Of course they did not come with any assignments, just like these courses. Can't blame them, but other universities offer much resources -- for the same topic, you can often find a course offered by another university that provides videos hosted on YouTube, full assignments and labs, even exams. The only thing you are missing is TA/office hours and the course credit. In other words, unless you actually want to earn credits and work towards a degree, I suggest that you skip OMSCS videos unless there is no alternative.

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1. justin66 ◴[] No.46181694[source]
What are some of the best university CS or engineering courses offered openly, with assignments, in this way that aren’t from MIT or Stanford?
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2. rs186 ◴[] No.46181756[source]
CMU's database courses are a famous example: https://15445.courses.cs.cmu.edu/fall2025/

Princeton used to offer algorithm courses on Coursera with full assignments including auto grading, I don't know if that's still the case.

I don't know enough about (or have time to learn) other offerings, but I am sure there are a few more out there. Class central should be a good place to discover those courses.

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3. justin66 ◴[] No.46181835[source]
Thanks, yes, those are ones I know about, I guess because of the prominence of some of the professors. I’m curious about the ones that people view as hidden gems, since I didn’t know about OMSCS until today.

I don’t view class central as being useful, could really use much more detailed filtering of results.