There's a course called Programming Mobile App for Android offered through Coursera that will be started soon. By looking at the syllabus, it focuses on Android

There's a course called Programming Mobile App for Android offered through Coursera that will be started soon. By looking at the syllabus, it focuses on Android ecosystem (UI, Gestures, Notification, Location) instead of the Java programming. You might want to brush up your Java knowledge prior to taking the class. I think it is very helpful if you don't have experience in developing modern mobile app (iOS, Android). https://www.coursera.org/course/android https://www.coursera.org/course/android There will another more advanced course to compliment this called Pattern-Oriented Software Architectures for Concurrent and Networked Mobile Devices and Clouds - https://www.coursera.org/course/posa https://www.coursera.org/course/posa Here's the news about these courses - http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2013/09/vu-maryland-mooc/ http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2013/09/vu-maryland-mooc/