I set up a google group here for the Game Theory course. I set up a first post as a bit of an introduction and a place for anyone who joins to say why they're taking the course.
I hadn't heard of the network analysis course, but it looks interesting. I like Matt Jackson as a presenter so this looks like a good course. I don't have time for it right now.
I've had my eye on the discreet optimization course for a long time now. I would really like to be able to take it this offering if my schedule permits, though I expect it to have a very high work load. I imagine there would be quite a bit of interest on this one in the LW community so it would be interesting to gauge interest as we get closer to the start date.
For reasons mentioned in So8res article as well as for other reasons: studying with a partner can be very good. In November, Adele_L had posted an article for people wanting to find a study partner. It got 17 comments, but only 1 since November 16th. So I thought we (I) should make a monthly thread on this instead of constantly going back to an old article which people might (seem to) forget about. If people seem to agree with that, I will make a post about it every month.
So if you're looking for a study partner for an online course or reading a manual (whether it's in the MIRI course list or not) tell others in the comment section.