200 Free Outstanding Online Classes

Take classes online from Yale, MIT, Tufts and other respected institutions for free.

UPDATE: Some of the schools have moved the pages for some of the courses, and the OEDb hasn't updated them on their site yet.
I checked every link listed. The majority still point to the proper course.

Some have moved and provide a link to the new page. The links all led to the the new URL of the same class.

Some have error messages. In the case of error messages, check the home page of the University's Open Course section.
I've listed the links to each University's Open Course site. They have the current class listings.

Some of the links (all at Utah State University) wanted a name and a password. If you run across one of those, check the the Open Course home page. END UPDATE

The Online Education Database has put together 200 online classes from these and other institutions.
You can take as many as you like that interest you - there seems to be no limit and I couldn't find any strings attached in any of the material I've looked at.

Topics cover a very wide range - everything from Natural Science to Law and Politics.
If you want to learn three-dimensional modeling and animation using the Open Source software Blender, there's a course for that.
Learning and applying HTML, Network Security, Flash, Quantum Mechanics, First Year Chinese, Modern Poetry, and Implant Dentistry are some titles of other classes being offered.

The Visual Arts seem to be missing. I would like to see classes in that area appear in the catalog.
Aside from the missing Visual Arts, if you are a life long learner (of any age) there is a lot to keep you busy.

The Beginning Online Learning page has some wonderful articles and resources. Geared specifically towards learning, there are some gems that anyone can use.

The site is geared towards helping people find financial aid for college and is a bit on the commercial side in places. The class listings segment is relatively free of advertising and worth a few ads.
 

200 Free, Quality Online Classes

 

University Open Course Home Pages:

Tufts Open Course
UMass Boston Open Course
MIT Open Course
Utah State University Open Course
Yale Open Course
Notre Dame Open Course
UCIrvine Johns Hopkins Open Course
 

Signing off,
Rhiannon

 

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Who gives a rat's tail about the "Credits", its free knowledge from accredited and acclaimed universities!! Reap the abundant knowledge, and consider it a gateway to something new in life!! Thanks so much for posting this information, you are a gifted and talented person!! Thanks

Thank you very much for your valuable information. I just want to know that when the next mid term & final will be held. Because I'm not able find any upcoming date of exam rather than find those which is over.

I clicked the links for five of the courses-- three were no longer active. It's possible that there are more of those courses that have been taken down since the links were initially posted.

Excellent! Thanks for passing it along.

I went through and checked all the links and updated the original post.
Check the Open Course page of the University where the classes you were looking at are.
If there wasn't a link to the new class URL you can probably find it listed from the home page where all the course listings are.

Wow. This is really interesting. It shows some promise for Socratic education!

Fantastic list!!! Thank You.

What about getting credit for taking these courses. Is that a given?

I've been all through the site and I didn't see credit for the courses mentioned anywhere.
It would be wonderful if they gave credit.

only if you pay for it.

Thank you very much.

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