Free Computer and Internet Audiobooks and Videos Online [1]
Introduction
This is a listing of 16 sites that legally offer free audiobooks and courses with audio and/or video within the Computers & Internet genre.
There is also a listing here at Gizmo's Freeware of ebooks and written course materials regarding Computers & Internet at
All of these sites listed have content that is legal for them to distribute and for you to read and/or download.. If you find that any site listed is offering content that can not be legally transferred, please let me know in the comments below.
This list is not comprehensive and if you know of any other sites please post in the comments below or at our forums [4].
Most entries at those sites that offer only online listening or viewing can be downloaded with VideoCacheView [5]. Thanks to AJNorth for this tip.
A comprehensive alphabetical listing of free books for reading or listening can be found on these pages:
- Best Free eBooks Online [6] (783 sites)
- Best For Free Audio Books Online [7] (192 sites)
For a complete listing of the free ebook pages here at Gizmo's, see
There will be other audiobooks and books on Computers and Internet related matters, at the sites listed there, but they are not categorized at the sites.
Libraries are also an excellent source for reading and listening materials for this genre. To find out more information on your local library, the links here may help: Library Information [9]
Computer & Internet Free Audio Books & Courses
Academic Earth [10] has a large selection of University level courses and lectures in Computer Science available for free viewing online without registration. These are gathered from sources around the web.
EDU College YouTube [11] offers a large collection of video courses in Computer Science subjects for free viewing online.
EDU Primary & Secondary YouTube [12] YouTube offers Computer Science related video courses for kindergarten through 12th grade for free viewing online.
Free Computer Tutorials [13] 
offers free video tutorials on Word and Excel. All the videos are available for free viewing online at YouTube without registration.
GCF Learn Free [14] nice collection of course on computer related topics all of which contain video presentations. All courses are available for free online.
Harvard Extension School [15] offers a free online Computer Science course featuring Harvard faculty. Availalbe in MP3, Flash video or Quicktime.
Info Co Build [16] has a large collection of free online courses in Computer Science that major Universities offer on the web. All that I checked were video presentations, some with written materials and MP3.
Khan Academy [17] offers over 100 free video courses in Computer Science for free viewing online without registration. also a course on programing with Python [18]
LearnOutLoud has 29 free audio books listed under the Internet [19] sub-category and 8 free audio books under the Computer [20] sub-category. They are available in different ways, including online listening, MP3 or MP4 as many link to other sites. They also free video offerings in these categories (not shown in links here).
MIT [21] offers a nice collection of free courses in its Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department online. Most are video presentations with writtten materials, though some were only written materials.
Most Biggest [22] has a big collection of links to free online courses in Computer Science. Viewing and listening options vary as these are links around the web.
Open Culture [23] has a large listing of free Computer Science courses online. All are available in audio and most also have some written materials.
Open Education DataBase [24] has links a large collection of free online courses and lectures in its Engineering and Computer Science (most in computer science). Download and viewing options vary. Thanks to Rhiannon, an editro here at TSA for this link.
The New Boston [25] excellent collection of video tutorials on computer programing and computer science. All are available for free viewing online without registration.
University of California Berkeley [26] has a good selection of free courses in Computer Science available as free audio and video downloads from the iTunes store. All are available as free audio and some also as free video. These cover a wide variety of subjects.
Video Lectures.net [27] has a huge collection of video lectures in Computer Science. All are available for free viewing online without registration.
Conclusion
If you know of a site that may be added to the listings, please post in the comments for the page.
I hope you enjoy the free material available through these sites.