edX courses - what's the difference?

Question

IT education

Hello.
This morning I received a mailing list from edX (subscribed after reviews of the Circuits and Electronics course from MIT).
The letter contained an announcement of new courses, including:
Introduction to Computer Science I and
Introduction to Computer Science and Programming

So I think what to sign up for, from the description I really did not understand how the courses differ.

Answer 1

Well, first of all, universities.
Introduction to Computer Science and Programming - MIT's and, apparently, an online analogue of 6.00 , which can be viewed here .
Introduction to Computer Science I is a Harvard course, apparently an introductory course for students of CS and which is an analogue of CS50 , which can be viewed here .
I can’t say anything specific about the courses, because didn't take either one. But if you look at the description of the lectures, it's very subjective:
MIT'ovsky:
- Python
- More emphasis on the theoretical (i.e. various algorithms) part.
Harvard:
- C, they also promise PHP, JavaScript + SQL, CSS and HTML
- More emphasis on the practical part (JavaScript, PHP, SQL, HTML, cryptography).

Answer 2

Firstly, the first option is courses from Harvard, and the second is MIT, and secondly, courses from Harvard are more focused on programming, and from MIT it covers a large area of ​​IT.
PS I advise courses from Harvard where speakers will consider more life examples. Good luck!