This is a list of websites where you can take free courses from reputable educational sources such as MIT, Yale, Harvard and other universities as well as from other sources such as Adobe, Lifehacker and more. This list is continually growing and you can keep up with it better by following the, “Teach Yourself Academy” pinterest board.
- Open Culture – “The best free cultural and educational media on the web”
- Book Boon – Online Textbooks for Free.. Bookboon’s free online textbooks for students are focused and to the point
- Sophia – We’re closing the achievement gap. And the affordability gap. It’s why Sophia was created. To address the urgent social issues of academic disparity and the rising cost of post-secondary education.
- Khan Academy – FREE Khan Academy has thousands of resources on hundreds of topics! From math, history, to science and more!
- Open Courseware Consortium – An OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a free and open digital publication of high quality college and university‐level educational materials. These materials are organized as courses, and often include course planning materials and evaluation tools as well as thematic content. OpenCourseWare are free and openly licensed, accessible to anyone, anytime via the internet.
- Academic Earth – Academic Earth aims to provide everyone with the opportunity to earn a world-class education by offering free online classes and online learning tools.
- Personal Trainer Certification – Free Accredited Personal Trainer Course
- Open University – The home of free learning from The Open University
- Alison – Free Online Courses – List By Subjects
- MERLOT – provides easy access to over 3,100 Free Online Courses. Simply click on a major topic heading and you can browse through the MERLOT collection of Free Online Courses.
- Small Business Learning Center – free learning materials for small businesses By the Government
- Saylor – Free Online Courses Built by Professors
- About Sewing – Free Sewing Classes Online
- Code Academy – Learn to code interactively, for free. People all over the world are learning with Codecademy. Join in now!
- Coursera – Take the World’s Best Courses, Online, For Free.
- Wikibooks – Welcome to Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection that anyone can edit.
- Wikiversity – Wikiversity is a Wikimedia Foundation project devoted to learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education from pre-school to university, including professional training and informal learning.
- Open Yale – Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University.
- Photography Course – Free Photography Courses
- The Physics Classroom – Physics!
- Canning & Food Preservation – Food Preservation: CANNING! Announcing a free, self-paced, online course for those wanting to learn more about home canning and preservation. Introduction to Food Preservation General Canning Canning Acid Foods Canning Low-Acid Foods
- edX – Free courses, The Future of Online Education for anyone, anywhere, anytime. MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, University of Texas, Wellesley, Georgetown
- Photography Stanford – Stanford University’s entire photography course online for free
- Lifehacker – Life Hacker Night School. Cool mostly technology based courses.
- University of Washington – Free online courses
- Adobe Generation – Free courses for creative students, from Adobe Generation
- Udemy – Free online courses