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Have you or your students ever wanted a deeper understanding of how their biomimetic designs might become reality? If so, you might want to take advantage of one of the free online courses being offered by Stanford University this fall. As reported in the September 7 issue of the Stanford Report, 16 online courses will be taught this fall.

Course topics range from creativity and technology entrepreneurship, to finance and algorithm design, to writing in the sciences. Anyone in the world with access to a computer is welcome to take the courses. Courses are hosted on a variety of platforms and utilize different combinations of video lectures, discussion forums, teamwork, problem sets, and peer assessment in highly interactive learning environments. The full course list is available online, with links to individual course and registration details.

Although students will not earn Stanford credit for courses, they will receive a statement of accomplishment for any courses they complete successfully.

A few of the courses have already begun, but most are scheduled to begin on or after September 24.