[kliao]

Why not ask professors at your university for opportunities on campus to do research in the fields you're interested in? This would be infinitely better than only doing MOOCs on your own (which you can also do on the side) because you are 1) receiving guidance from professors and/or grad students, 2) possibly getting paid, 3) have something concrete to put on your resume.

The thing with doing MOOCs on your own is it seems easy to get lazy and end up wasting a lot of time with nothing to show on your resume.

[karolisram]

Appreciate your idea! I could do that but I don't want to be stuck in the academic environment any longer than needed anymore.

And agreed about the MOOCs, while they are valuable, there might be even more valuable things you could be doing or ways in which you could be developing your skills.