FREE Online University Courses
- Academic Earth http://academicearth.org All I can say is "WOW!" Get a world class education at home, online, for FREE! This is an amazing site!
- Coursera https://www.coursera.org Super site!! Free university courses online. Here's how Cousera describes itself: "We are a social entrepreneurship company that partners with the top universities in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free. We envision a future where the top universities are educating not only thousands of students, but millions. Our technology enables the best professors to teach tens or hundreds of thousands of students. Through this, we hope to give everyone access to the world-class education that has so far been available only to a select few. We want to empower people with education that will improve their lives, the lives of their families, and the communities they live in.
- EdX https://www.edx.org This site is a partnership between Harvard university and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that puts hundreds of top university courses online in a format designed specifically for interactive study.
- Education Portal http://education-portal.com This new site offers both high school and college courses online, many with video-based lessons. Here's their description: "Take free online courses packed with fun & engaging video lessons. Pass credit-granting exams to earn real college credit that transfers. Research schools and degrees to further your education."
- Udacity https://www.udacity.com Another great site for free university courses. Udacity says, "We offer accessible, affordable, engaging classes that anyone can take, anytime. Sign up for a Udacity account and start taking classes for free. It's that simple."
- Free Courses Online http://education-ortal.com/articles/Colleges_and_Universities_that_Offer_Free_Courses_Online.html Here is an index with links to colleges and universities that offer free courses online.
- University of California at Berkeley on iTunes http://webcast.berkeley.edu/series Download individual lectures or whole classes from one of the world's top universities.
- Stanford University on iTunes http://itunes.stanford.edu Do you think you’re ready for college classes.? Download individual lectures or complete classes from one of the world's top universities.
- Open Yale Courses. http://oyc.yale.edu Would you like to attend a college course? How about a class at Yale? This is one of the very best sites on the internet. Download complete video or .mp3 recordings of selected courses at Yale University, all taught by some of the most respected scholars in their fields. What more do you want? Oh—and it’s FREE!
- Open Harvard Courses Home Page Similar to the Yale site, but with a smaller selection of free courses!
- Webcast Berkeley Similar to the Yale site--free courses from the University of California, Berkeley