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 Instrumentiplaymusic.com - link for free video lessons at the bottom of the page
Religious Studieslightplanet.com
beliefnet.com
Sewingsewing.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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