Free Education Online

 

Free College Courses, Career Training, and Adult Classes

OnlineCourses.net - "These free online courses allow you to take classes from world-renowned professors without leaving your living room, or paying a dime."

OCWconsortium.org - "The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a collaboration of more than 200 higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model.

University of the People - "University of the People (UoPeople) is the world’s first tuition-free, online academic institution dedicated to the global advancement and democratization of higher education. The high-quality, low-cost and global pedagogical model embraces the worldwide presence of the Internet and dropping technology costs to bring collegiate level studies to even the most remote places on earth. With the support of respected academics, humanitarians and other visionaries, the UoPeople student body represents a new wave in global education."

MIT's Open Courseware - ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm

UC Berkeley open courseware on video - video.google.com/ucberkeley.html

University of Washington open courseware - extension.washington.edu/openuw

Carnegie Mellon University free online courses - cmu.edu/oli

Tufts open courseware - ocw.tufts.edu

Hundreds of free textbooks online - textbookrevolution.org

free-ed.net - offers "over 300 courses and learning resources for the world's most important career and academic subjects".

gcflearnfree.org - Everyday Life, Math & Money, Computer Training, Online Classes, Work & Career

Learn CPR - depts.washington.edu/learncpr

maketextbooksaffordable.org - open textbooks campaign

learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video - get audio and video educational materials online for free.

oerconsortium.org/discipline-specific - community college consortium for open education resources

academicearth.org - free videos of college lectures online. Some available for download.

apple.com/education/itunes-u

Free Post-Graduate Education

Free Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration - Site also announces that a free MBA program online will be available soon.

Free Books for Doctors - medical books online

Merck Manual, Medical textbook - merck.com/mmpe

Amadeo - The Free Medical Literature Guide

freemedicaljournals.com - find free full-texts of medical journals

freebooks4doctors.com - free medical textbooks online

 

medicalstudent.com - a digital library of authoritative medical information.

 

medlineplus.gov - government website on medical topics

highwire.stanford.edu/lists/allsites.dtl - list of paid and free medical journals

doaj.org - Directory of open access journals

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc - free archive of life science journals

Elementary Education

Free elementary education online for grades K-12.

FREE Online Tutoring for Grades K-12 at LearnToBe.org

schoolexpress.com - 15,000+ worksheets covering 18 different topics

Free Lectures and Talks

ted.com - Talks from the worlds greatest thinkers and doers.

Free Study Materials for Standardized Tests

Study for the Podiatry Boards for Free. Great for students studying for the NBPME part I, USMLE part I and COMPLEX-USA.

Study for the MCAT. Community edited, free MCAT study resource.

Free Creative Commons Education:

The entire idea of creative commons is to create something where content can be edited and added by a community. The benefit is that information is provided by a wide range of sources and a very broad base of experience. The disadvantage is that the information is often not proof read or checked for accuracy.

Connexions - Sharing Knowledge. cnx.org

Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

Open Learn - Free learning resources from the Open University

OpenED - Creative commons resources for teachers and students

Free Online Reference Materials

open-site.org (Encyclopedia)

Wikipedia (Encyclopedia)

reference.com (Encyclopedia)

Dictionary.com (Dictionary)

thesaurus.reference.com (Thesaurus)

thefreedictionary.com (Dictionary)

http://www.free.ed.gov/

Ask a question, get an answer from a live person

answers.yahoo.com

answers.com

anyanswer.org

blurtit.com

askmehelpdesk.com

Specific Courses

Anatomy

Gray's Anatomy - bartleby.com/107

Business Management

managementhelp.org

Computer Building & Repair

kitchentablecomputers.com/index.php

pcmech.com/byopc/

hardwarecentral.com - hardware reviews and computer building tutorial

Computer Programing, Computer Science

computer-books.us

techtoolblog.com/archives/195-free-online-programming-books

Stanford's computer science library - cslibrary.stanford.edu

See the Webmaster Freebies page for tips and tutorials on building websites.

Computer Typing Tutorials and Computer Literacy

freetypinggame.net

protonic.com - get free computer help. Ask a question, get an answer from a real person.

Drawing

drawspace.com

Electronics repair

Gardening

Homemade house cleaners

General Knowledge

howstuffworks.com

Golf

http://www.golf.com/golf/generic/0,31317,1887947,00.html

How-To Guides and Videos

ehow.com

howcast.com

doityourself.com

easy2diy.com

wikihow.com

wonderhowto.com

instructables.com

howtodothings.com

dummies.com

whathappensnow.com - what to do in case of emergency.

soyouwanna.com - teaches you how to do the things no one taught you in High School

Learn a Language

bbc.co.uk/languages

fsi-language-courses.com
livemocha.com
trymango.com

openculture.com/freelanguagelessons

mangolanguages.com (A paid service which is sometimes offered for free by your local library.)

American Sign Language browser - commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm

See also Free Services Online for translators

Math

TotallyFreeMath.com - A completely free Elementary Algebra textbook online. Schools and groups can buy the book ($125 value) for between $6.50-$10.50 depending on the number ordered.

Free Calculus Lectures from FreeAcademy.com - explanations and animations available

Music, Play an Instrument

iplaymusic.com - link for free video lessons at the bottom of the page

Religious Studies

lightplanet.com
beliefnet.com

Sewing

sewing.about.com/library/lessons/bllessonindex.htm
craftandfabriclinks.com/sewingbook/sewbook.html (add to books online)
homeschoolblogger.com/webinar/beginning-sewing/
docnmail.com/learnmore/crafts/sewing.htm
sewing.org/index.html

Science

freesciencelectures.com

Statistics

handbook of biological statistics: http://udel.edu/~mcdonald/statintro.html (free textbooks online)

Tech & IT

beyourownit.com

Woodshop

http://www.lowescreativeideas.com/woodworkers/ShopClass/shop_class_projects_1009.aspx

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See also Education Freebies
See also Online Education Freebies