Object-Oriented Data Structures in C++

Amongst many programming / algorithm / CS MOOCs I have taken over these years, I would say this is one of the BEST!

First, the course material and structure were excellent. Unlike many other MOOCs on related subjects, this course does NOT make use of excessive, reference-like materials which would take hours to complete (in a boring manner, of course). Instead, it appears that some key topics and representative programming examples were carefully chosen. If you already have some programming background and don't want to go through the "Hello World", "¡Hola Mundo!" type of lessons again, this course is for you. For me, I already do a lot of data science / machine learning in Python but want to learn C++ , and cannot say how effective this set of curriculum was.

Second, the graded exercises. The quizzes were extremely helpful, and fun to solve. Even though I did not enroll in the paid verified track, and thus could not check my answers, I was able to access and work through the quiz questions, which really helped nailing down areas that I didn't understand well. The short programming challenges were fun but really challenging, though you'd be able to get enough help from the course forum.

Last but not least, this course is part of a (rather brief) series, and seem to tie along well with other courses in the series. Overall, I enjoyed the "accelerated" nature of this course, as well as the instructor's enthusiasm in teaching it.