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A list of popular Web3-focused MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses):

Course
Provider
Description

Berkeley

Developer-focused course teaching the fundametnals of Bitcoin, Ethereum, the basics of smart contract platforms and the building of decentralized applications. Course is 6 weeks at roughly 3-5 hours per week

Princeton University

One of the earliest and most popular introductory courses taught by Arvind Narayanan. Takes roughly 23 hours to complete

The Unversity of Hong Kong

Introductory course on the implications of blockchains on Fintech. Course lasts six weeks and requires 3-4 hours per week

Metrics DAO

Course teacher users how to gather and analyze on-chain data

MIT

Introduction to Cryptocurrencies taught by Gary Gensler (Chairperson of the SEC)

Coursera

Intermediate level course from Coursera, requiring approximately 17 hours to complete

Patrick McCorry

Highly technical 8-week class from Patrick McCorry, an engineer at Infura

MIT

Technical overvier of cryptocurrencies from MIT

Berkeley

12-week deep dive on DeFi from UC Berkeley

Udemy

Relatively short (2 hours of video) introductory course on Udemy

University of Nicosia

Overview of NFTs and the Metaverse taught by Punk6529 with several prominent guests (such as Fred Wilson, Chris Dixon and Yat Siu). This is a relatively new course that will span 12 weeks

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies
Bitcoin and Fintech
Blockchain Analystics Course
Blockchain and Money
Blockchain Specialization
Cryptocurrency Class 2022
Cryptocurrency Engineering and Design
Decentralized Finance
Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain by Udemy
Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse