FREE ONLINE CLASSES
The sites listed below offer FREE online classes to anyone. Although you can't receive credit for these classes, they are a great resource to help you study, or to learn things you are interested in without paying for a formal class. They are great for continuing education as well, so let your parents and teachers know about them, too!
Academic Earth - Offering free online classes and in-depth online learning, Academic Earth brings courses online so everyone can receive a world-class education from the world's leading scholars without being restricted by physical boundaries. We focus on providing a user-friendly educational ecosystem where you can easily navigate through the free online courses to find the exact online class video to watch, interact with and gain knowledge from. With all the available classes online, why are we the top provider of education online? It is because we pair up with top national universities to bring you the top lectures in a variety of subjects in an online community that makes learning from online classes easier and more successful for everyone.
Coursera - We offer high quality courses from the top universities, for free to everyone. We currently host courses from Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of Pennsylvania. We are changing the face of education globally, and we invite you to join us.
iTunes U - Discover iTunes U and never stop learning. Download lectures, discussions, language lessons, and more — all from top universities, schools, and other cultural institutions around the world.
Khan Academy - With over 3,200 videos on everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.
LearningSpace / The Open University - Try over 600 free online courses from The Open University.
Available from introductory to advanced level, each takes between 1 and 50 hours to study.
Complete activities to assess your progress and compare your thoughts with sample answers.
Sign up for free to track your progress, connect with other learners in our discussion forums and find the tools to help you learn.
Livemocha - Learn to speak a new language. The Livemocha community is made up of language enthusiasts: teachers, language experts, other language learners, and native speakers proud of their language and heritage. Community members help each other learn in a myriad of ways: they leave comments in response to practice exercises, build mini-lessons within exercise feedback, have practice conversations via text, video or audio chat, provide language practice and culture tips, and give much-needed encouragement
MIT OpenCourseWare - Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT. No registration required. MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
MIT OCW Highlights for High School - Highlights for High School is your guide to MIT courses selected specifically to help you prepare for AP exams, learn more about the skills and concepts you learned in school, and get a glimpse of what you'll soon study in college.
NYU Open Education - Welcome to New York University's Open Education Pilot which makes some exceptional NYU courses freely available to you for the very first time.
Open Yale Courses - Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn.
P2PU - The Peer 2 Peer University is a grassroots open education project that organizes learning outside of institutional walls and gives learners recognition for their achievements. P2PU creates a model for lifelong learning alongside traditional formal higher education. Leveraging the internet and educational materials openly available online, P2PU enables high-quality low-cost education opportunities
Coursera - We offer high quality courses from the top universities, for free to everyone. We currently host courses from Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of Pennsylvania. We are changing the face of education globally, and we invite you to join us.
iTunes U - Discover iTunes U and never stop learning. Download lectures, discussions, language lessons, and more — all from top universities, schools, and other cultural institutions around the world.
Khan Academy - With over 3,200 videos on everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.
LearningSpace / The Open University - Try over 600 free online courses from The Open University.
Available from introductory to advanced level, each takes between 1 and 50 hours to study.
Complete activities to assess your progress and compare your thoughts with sample answers.
Sign up for free to track your progress, connect with other learners in our discussion forums and find the tools to help you learn.
Livemocha - Learn to speak a new language. The Livemocha community is made up of language enthusiasts: teachers, language experts, other language learners, and native speakers proud of their language and heritage. Community members help each other learn in a myriad of ways: they leave comments in response to practice exercises, build mini-lessons within exercise feedback, have practice conversations via text, video or audio chat, provide language practice and culture tips, and give much-needed encouragement
MIT OpenCourseWare - Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT. No registration required. MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
MIT OCW Highlights for High School - Highlights for High School is your guide to MIT courses selected specifically to help you prepare for AP exams, learn more about the skills and concepts you learned in school, and get a glimpse of what you'll soon study in college.
NYU Open Education - Welcome to New York University's Open Education Pilot which makes some exceptional NYU courses freely available to you for the very first time.
Open Yale Courses - Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn.
P2PU - The Peer 2 Peer University is a grassroots open education project that organizes learning outside of institutional walls and gives learners recognition for their achievements. P2PU creates a model for lifelong learning alongside traditional formal higher education. Leveraging the internet and educational materials openly available online, P2PU enables high-quality low-cost education opportunities