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Khan Academy a non-profit educational organisation founded in 2006 by Sal Khan with the goal of using online solutions to provide free, quality education for students around the world. Khan Academy resources have been translated into over 30 languages and have helped millions of learners across the globe access learning tools that have allowed them to reach their full potential.

Khan Academy produces lessons in the form of videos while also providing additional exercises for learners and material to aid teachers. These lessons cover a broad range of subjects, including Mathematics, Science, History and Economics.
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Understanding Information Theory
1.5-3 hrs 3,761 learners
By Khan Academy
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe the origins of written language and the alphabet
  • Explain how Morse code works
  • Define symbol rate and channel capacity
  • Indicate the Markov chains
  • Describe how information is measured
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History
Understanding Information Theory
1.5-3 hrs
3761 enrolled
Understanding Mortgages and Home Equity
1.5-3 hrs 8,109 learners
By Khan Academy
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe the meaning of assets, liabilities and equity in relation to purchasing a house
  • Discuss mortgage loans and interest rates
  • Recall how to compute your equity depending on your property's value
  • Calculate monthly interest rate repayments over the life-time of a fixed-rate mortgage
  • Calculate monthly interest payments using a geometric formula
  • Assess the pros and cons of home equity loans
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Personal Finance
Understanding Mortgages and Home Equity
1.5-3 hrs
8109 enrolled
Introduction to Banking
5-6 hrs 24,163 learners
By Khan Academy
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Discuss fractional reserve banking
  • Explain how the banking system works
  • Define banking terms like ‘reserve ratio’, ‘liquidity’, ‘leverage’, ‘equity’ and so on
  • Indicate how ‘fractional reserve banking’ works
  • Outline the treasuries released by the U.S. government
  • Compare repurchase agreements and loan collateral
  • Explain how banks use ‘LIBOR’
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Beginner Level
Banking
Introduction to Banking
5-6 hrs
24163 enrolled
Physics Normal and Contact Forces
1.5-3 hrs 2,141 learners
By Khan Academy
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain what the normal and contact force are
  • Indicate the procedure for calculating normal force
  • Explain the components of the force of gravity
  • Describe static and kinetic friction and their differences
  • State how to calculate the static and kinetic friction on a stationary object to be moved along a surface
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Science
Physics Normal and Contact Forces
1.5-3 hrs
2141 enrolled
Beginner Simple and Compound Interest
1.5-3 hrs 2,533 learners
By Khan Academy
You Will Learn How To

You will be assessed on the following Learning Outcomes:

  • Define Simple and Compound Interest
  • Examine how to calculate Simple and Compound Interest using formulas
  • Explain the key differences of each and when they are used
  • Discuss the general concept of how interest is calculated on loans
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Accounting
Beginner Simple and Compound Interest
1.5-3 hrs
2533 enrolled
Virtual Currencies: A Case Study of Bitcoin
1.5-3 hrs 4,940 learners
By Khan Academy
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe how Bitcoin is used as an electronic payment system
  • Outline the function of cryptographic hash functions
  • Explain how digital signatures and proof of work ensure security
  • Discuss the importance of transaction blockchains and how they are created
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Beginner Level
Finance
Virtual Currencies: A Case Study of Bitcoin
1.5-3 hrs
4940 enrolled
Biology - Cell Division
1.5-3 hrs 5,915 learners
By Khan Academy
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • List the stages of mitosis and meiosis
  • Outline the ‘interphase’ (G1) and the ‘S Phase’
  • Explain the role of microtubules in the anaphase
  • Discuss spindle fibres, sister chromosomes and cytokinesis
  • Describe a chiasma, a morula and trophoblasts
  • Lay out the function and features of embryonic stem cells
  • Explain how cancer occurs and travels around the body
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Beginner Level
Science
Biology - Cell Division
1.5-3 hrs
5915 enrolled
Introduction to Venture Capital
1.5-3 hrs 4,674 learners
By Khan Academy
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Define ‘angel investors’ and explain how they operate
  • Discuss how a company goes about raising capital
  • Describe the process of pre-money valuations
  • Outline how initial public offerings occur
  • Define ‘upround’ and ‘downround’
  • Compare the processes involved in restructuring and liquidation
  • Discuss the role of a ‘lead underwriter’
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Beginner Level
Finance
Introduction to Venture Capital
1.5-3 hrs
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