Popular MOOC provider Coursera only has two dedicated history courses taught by historians open for registration as of June 9, though at least one additional class is in development.
EdX, the non-profit MOOC established by Harvard and MIT, also offers eight history classes, but most have a classics or literature focus and are taught by professors from classics, English, or area studies departments.
Some MOOC providers, such as Udacity, do not offer history or traditional humanities courses at all, focusing instead on STEM and social science courses.
The free history MOOCs available for registration (edX courses with an explicit literary or anthropological focus have been excluded, as have courses currently in progress or in development):
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