OMSCS Open Courseware

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.

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?

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.