250 Free Online Courses from Top Universities

Get free online courses from the world’s leading universities. This collection includes over 250 free courses in the liberal arts and sciences. Download these audio & video courses straight to your computer or mp3 player.

Humanities & Social Sciences

Archaeology

  • Introduction to Archaeology - FeedMP3s – Ruth Tringham, UC Berkeley

Architecture

  • Architecture Studio: Building in Landscapes (Video)iTunes – Jan Wampler, MIT
  • Roman Architecture YouTubeiTunesDownload Course -  Diana E. E. Kleiner, Yale

Art History

  • Masterpieces of Western ArtiTunes – Columbia University

Cultural Studies

Economics

  • American Economic HistoryiTunesFeedStream – J. Bradford Delong, UC Berkeley
  • Economic Geography of the Industrial WorldiTunesFeedMP3s – Richard Walker, UC Berkeley.
  • Financial MarketsYouTubeiTunesDownload Course – Robert Shiller, Yale
  • Game TheoryYouTubeiTunesDownload Course – Ben Polak, Yale
  • Macroeconomic AnalysisiTunes - Feed – Steven Wood, UC Berkeley
  • Microeconomic AnalysisiTunesFeed – Gordon Rausser, UC Berkeley
  • Money and BankingFeedMP3s – Dean Balm, UCLA
  • Reading Marx’s CapitalGoogle Video – David Harvey, City University of New York

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Foreign Languages

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Geography

  • Economic Geography of the Industrial WorldiTunes – Richard Walker, UC Berkeley
  • Geography of US Presidential ElectionsiTunesYouTube – Martin Lewis, Stanford
  • Geography of World Cultures - iTunes – Martin Lewis, Stanford University
  • Global GeopoliticsiTunes – Martin Lewis, Stanford University
  • GlobalizationiTunesFeedMP3s – Robert Acker, UC Berkeley
  • Natural Resources and PopulationiTunesFeed – Nathan Sayre, UC Berkeley
  • World Regions, People and StatesiTunesFeed – Nathan Sayre, UC Berkeley

History

  • African-American History: Modern Freedom StruggleYouTubeiTunes - Clay Carson, Stanford
  • American Economic HistoryiTunesFeedStream – J. Bradford Delong, UC Berkeley
  • American Environmental and Cultural HistoryiTunesFeed – Carolyn Merchant, UC Berkeley
  • Colonial and Revolutionary AmericaiTunesU – Jack Rakove, Stanford
  • European Civilization, 1648-1945 - iTunesYouTubeDownload Course – John Merriman, Yale
  • European Civilization from Renaissance to PresentiTunesFeed – Thomas Lacquer/Margret Anderson, UC Berkeley
  • European Civilization from Renaissance to PresentFeedStream – Carla Hesse, UC Berkeley
  • France Since 1871YouTubeiTunesDownload Course – John Merriman, Yale
  • HannibaliTunes – Patrick Hunt, Stanford.
  • Historical JesusiTunes – Thomas Sheehan, Stanford University
  • History of the International SystemiTunes – James Sheehan, Stanford University
  • Introduction to Greek History YouTubeiTunesDownload Course – Donald Kagan, Yale
  • Modern Civilization: 1750 to Present - YouTube – Lynn Hunt, UCLA
  • Modern Physics: From the Atom to Big ScienceiTunesFeedStream – Cathryn Carson, UC Berkeley
  • Science, Magic and Religion - YouTube – Courtenay Raiai, UCLA
  • Spectacle Entertainments of Ancient RomeFeedMP3s – Paolo Monella, UCLA
  • The American Founders and Their WorldiTunes – Jack Rakove, Gordon Wood, etc. Stanford
  • The Ancient Mediterranean WorldiTunesFeed - MP3s – Isabelle Pafford, UC Berkeley
  • The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 - YouTubeiTunesDownload Course – David Blight, Yale
  • The Rise and Fall of the Second ReichiTunesFeedMP3s – Margaret Anderson, UC Berkeley
  • The Roman EmpireiTunesFeedMP3s – Isabelle Pafford, UC Berkeley
  • The Western Tradition (Video)VideosCourse Outline – Eugen Weber, UCLA
  • US History: Civil War to PresentiTunesFeed- Jennifer Burns, UC Berkeley

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Literature

  • Existentialism in Literature & Film - iTunesFeed – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
  • Dante in TranslationiTunesYouTubeDownload Course – Giuseppe Mazzotta
  • Introduction to Theory of LiteratureiTunesYouTubeDownload Course - Professor Paul H. Fry
  • Man, God and Society in Western LiteratureiTunesFeed – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
  • MiltonYouTubeiTunesDownload Course – John Rogers, Yale
  • Modern Poetry - YouTube – iTunes - Download Course – Langdon Hammer, Yale
  • Old English in Context - iTunes – Stuart Lee, Oxford University
  • ShakespeareiTunesFeedMP3s – Charles Altieri, UC Berkeley
  • The American Novel Since 1945YouTubeiTunes –  Download Course – Amy Hungerford, Yale
  • The Literature of CrisisiTunes – Marsh McCall & Martin Evans, Stanford University
  • Virgil’s Aeneid: Anatomy of a ClassiciTunes – Susanna Braund, Stanford University

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Music

Philosophy

  • Ancient PhilosophyiTunesFeedStream – David Ebrey, UC Berkeley
  • DeathYouTubeiTunes –  Download Course – Shelly Kagan, Yale
  • Existentialism in Literature & FilmiTunesFeed – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
  • HeideggeriTunesFeedMP3s – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
  • Heidegger’s Being & TimeFeedMP3s – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
  • Introduction to Political PhilosophyYouTubeiTunesDownload Course, Steven B. Smith, Yale
  • Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument, iTunes – Daniel Coffeen, UC Berkeley
  • Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?YouTube –  Michael Sandel, Harvard
  • Kant’s EpistemologyiTunes – Dr Susan Stuarts, University of Glasgow.
  • Man, God and Society in Western LiteratureiTunesFeed – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
  • Philosophy for BeginnersiTunes – Marianne Talbot, Oxford
  • Proust & PhilosophyFeed – Johns Hopkins
  • The Examined LifeiTunes – Greg Reihman, Lehigh University

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Political Science, International Relations and Law

  • American Politics: Campaign StrategyiTunesFeedMP3s – Dan Schnur, UC Berkeley
  • Climate Change: Law and PolicyiTunesFeedStream – Cymie Payne
  • Environmental Law and PolicyiTunes – Holly Doremus, UC Berkeley
  • Faith and GlobalizationYouTube – Tony Blair, Miroslav Volf, Yale
  • Geography of US Presidential Elections - YouTube –  iTunes – Martin Lewis, Stanford
  • International PoliticsFeed – Johns Hopkins
  • Introduction to German PoliticsiTunesFeed – Andreas Busch, Oxford University
  • Introduction to Political PhilosophyYouTubeiTunesDownload Course, Steven B. Smith, Yale
  • Introduction to Political TheoryFeed – UCLA
  • Issues in Foreign Policy after 911iTunesFeedMP3s – Harry Kriesler, UC Berkeley
  • Justice: A Journey in Moral Reasoning (Video)Video – Michael Sandel, Harvard
  • Perspectives on China (Video)Video – Roderick MacFarquhar, Harvard
  • Politics and StrategyFeedMP3s – Kathleen Bawn, UCLA
  • RepublicanismFeed - Johns Hopkins
  • Theories of Law and SocietyiTunesFeed - David Lieberman, UC Berkeley
  • Undergrad Colloquium on Political ScienceiTunesFeed – Alan Ross, UC Berkeley

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Religion

  • Faith and GlobalizationYouTube – Tony Blair, Miroslav Volf, Yale
  • Historical JesusiTunes – Thomas Sheehan, Stanford University
  • Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible)Download Course – Christine Hayes, Yale.
  • Introduction to New Testament History and LiteratureYouTubeiTunesDownload Course - Professor Dale B. Martin, Yale

Sociology

  • The Sociology of Race RelationsiTunes – Gianpaolo Baiocchi, UMASS Amherst

Urban Studies

  • Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry (Video)iTunesDownload Course – Anne Whiston Spirn, MIT

Sciences

Aeronautics

Astronomy

  • Astrobiology and Space ExplorationiTunesYouTube – Lynn Rotschild, Stanford
  • Astronomy 101iTunesWeb Site – Scott Miller, Mercedes Richards & Stephen Redman, Penn State
  • Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics - iTunesDownload CourseYouTube – Charles Bailyn, Yale
  • Introduction to General AstronomyiTunesFeed – Alex Filippenko, UC Berkeley

Biology

  • Animal BehavioriTunesFeed – Roy Caldwell, UC Berkeley
  • Animal BehavioriTunesDownload Course – Gerald Schneider, MIT
  • Behavioral EndocrinologyFeed – Johns Hopkins
  • Bioscience in the 21st CenturyiTunesVideo Downloads – Team taught, Lehigh University
  • Darwin’s LegacyYouTubeiTunes Team taught – Stanford
  • Evolution, Ecology and BehaviorYouTubeiTunesDownload Course - Professor Stephen C. Stearns, Yale
  • Frontiers in Biomedical EngineeringYouTubeiTunesDownload Course – W. Mark Saltzman, Yale
  • General Biology 1 - Feed – John Hopkins
  • General Biology 1iTunes – Multiple Professors, UC Berkeley
  • General Biology 2 - iTunesMp3 Stream – Multiple professors, UC Berkeley
  • General Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyiTunesFeed – Multiple professors, UC Berkeley
  • General Human AnatomyYouTubeiTunesFeed – Marian Diamond, UC Berkeley
  • General Molecular BiologyVideo – Qiang Zhou, UC Berkeley
  • Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Agriculture, and LawFeedMP3s here, Robert B. Goldberg, UCLA
  • GeneticsFeedMP3s here – Jay Phelan, UCLA
  • General GeneticsiTunes – Multiple Professors, UC Berkeley.
  • Genomics & Computational BiologyiTunesMP3s – George Church, MIT
  • Global Problems of Population GrowthiTunesYouTubeDownload Course - Professor Robert Wyman, Yale
  • Introductory BiologyiTunesMP3s/Videos – Multiple professors, MIT
  • Introduction to Human NutritioniTunesFeed – Nancy Amy, UC Berkeley
  • Introduction to Oceanography - YouTube – Edwin Schauble, UCLA
  • Life Sciences 15 - Feed – UCLA
  • Molecules and CellsFeed – Johns Hopkins
  • Replaceable You: Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering – iTunes – Jill Helms, Stanford
  • Straight Talk About Stem CellsiTunes - Christopher Scott, Stanford
  • Stem Cells: Policy and Ethics - iTunes – Christopher Scott, Stanford
  • The Future of Human HealthYouTubeiTunes – Jennifer Raymond
  • The Stanford Mini Med SchooliTunesYouTubeWeb Site – Multiple Professors

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Chemistry

  • Biochemistry 1YouTube – S. Dasgupta, IIT
  • Biochemistry 507iTunes – Multiple Professors, University of Wisconsin
  • Chemical Structure and ReactivityiTunesFeedStream – Peter Vollhardt, UC Berkeley
  • Freshman Organic ChemistryYouTubeiTunesDownload Course - Professor J. Michael McBride, Yale
  • General ChemistryiTunesFeedStream – Kristie Boering, UC Berkeley
  • Introduction to ChemistryiTunesFeed – Multiple professors, UC Berkeley
  • Introduction to Chemical EngineeringYouTubeiTunes – Channing Robertson, Stanford

Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence

  • Artificial Intelligence – Introduction to RoboticsYouTubeiTunesMultiple formats – Oussama Khatib, Stanford
  • Artificial Intelligence – Natural Language ProcessingMultiple formats – Christopher Manning, Stanford
  • Artificial Intelligence – Machine LearningYouTubeiTunesMultiple formats – Andrew Ng, Stanford
  • Artificial IntelligenceYouTube – P.Dasgupta, IIT
  • Building Dynamic Web SitesVideo & Audio –  Rss FeediTunes - David Malan, Harvard Extension
  • Computer GraphicsYouTube – Sukhendu Das, IIT
  • Computer NetworksYouTube – S.Ghosh, IIT
  • Computer Science 1Feed – UCLA
  • Discrete Mathematical Structures YouTube – Kamala Krithivasan, IIT
  • Introduction to Computer Science and Programming - YouTubeiTunes – Eric Grimson, John Guttag, MIT
  • Introduction to Computer Science: Programming MethodologyYouTubeiTunesMultiple formats – Mehran Sahami, Stanford
  • Introduction to Computer Science: Programming Abstractions - YouTubeiTunes - Multiple formats – Julie Zelenski, Stanford
  • Introduction to Computer Science: Programming Paradigms - YouTubeiTunes - Multiple formats – Jerry Cain, Stanford
  • Introduction to ComputersFeed – Americ Azevedo, UC Berkeley
  • Introduction to Computer GraphicsYouTube – Prem Kalra, IIT
  • Introduction to Problem Solving & ProgrammingYouTube – Deepak Gupta, IIT
  • iPhone Application Development (Spring 2009)- iTunes – Stanford
  • iPhone Application Development (Winter 2010)iTunes – Stanford
  • Multimedia Systems - iTunes – Surendar Chandra, Notre Dame
  • Operating Systems and System ProgrammingiTunesFeed – Multiple professors, UC Berkeley
  • Operating Systems PrinciplesiTunes – Surendar Chandra, Notre Dame
  • Principles of Digital Communications I - YouTubeiTunes – Profs Gallagher and Zheng, MIT
  • Principles of Digital Communications II - YouTube – MIT
  • The Future of the InternetiTunes – Ramesh Johari, Stanford
  • The Structure and Interpretation of Computer ProgramsiTunesVideo FeedStream – Brian Harvey
  • Understanding Computers and the InternetiTunesFeed – David Malan, Harvard University

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Earth Sciences

  • Atmospheric and Oceanic SciencesMP3Feed – Bjorn Stevens, UCLA
  • Crossroads of Earth Resources and SocietyiTunesFeedMP3s – George Brimhall, UC Berkeley

Engineering (Mechanical, Civil and Electrical)

  • Advanced Analog Integrated CircuitsiTunesMP3s – Ali Niknejad, UC Berkeley
  • Convex Optimization IMultiple Formats – Stephen Boyd, Stanford
  • Convex Optimization 2Multiple Formats – Stephen Boyd, Stanford
  • Dynamics of MachinesYouTube – Amitabha Ghosh, IIT
  • Electrical – Digital Signal Processing YouTube – S.C Dutta Roy, IIT
  • Electro Magnetic FieldsYouTube – Harishankar Ramachandran, III
  • Environmental Air PollutionYouTube -Mukesh Sharma, IIT
  • Fluid MechanicsiTunesFeed – Omer Savas, UC Berkeley
  • Fluid MechanicsYouTube – T.I.Eldho, IIT
  • Introduction to Chemical EngineeringYouTubeiTunes – Channing Robertson, Stanford
  • Introduction to Digital Integrated Circuits - iTunesFeedStream – Elad Alon
  • Introduction to Linear Dynamical Systems - Multiple formats – Stephen Boyd, Stanford
  • Introduction to Microelectronic CircuitsiTunesFeed – Chang-Hasnain, UC Berkeley
  • Introduction to Digital ElectronicsiTunesFeedMP3s – Bernhard Boser, UC Berkeley
  • Introduction to EngineeringiTunes – Multiple presenters, Duke University
  • The Fourier Transform and its ApplicationsYouTubeiTunesMultiple formats – Brad Osgood, Stanford
  • Time, Money and Love in the Age of TechnologyiTunes – Americ Azevedo, UC Berkeley
  • Venture Design: The Startup CompanyiTunes – Americ Azevedo, UC Berkeley

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Geology

  • Earthquakes in Your BackyardiTunesFeed – Richard Allen, UC Berkeley

Information Sciences

  • History of InformationiTunesFeed – Paul Duguid, UC Berkeley
  • Information, Law and PolicyiTunes – Paul Sameulson, UC Berkeley
  • Open Source and Distribution of Digital Information - iTunesFeed – Multiple Professors, UC Berkeley
  • Search Engines: Technology, Society and BusinessiTunes – Marti Hearst, UC Berkeley

Mathematics

  • Core Science MathematicsYouTube – SK Ray, IIT
  • Differential EquationsYouTubeiTunes – MIT – Arthur Mattuck
  • Linear AlgebraYouTubeiTunes – Gilbert Strang, MIT
  • Introduction to StatisticsiTunes – Fletcher Ibser, UC Berkeley
  • Single Variable Calculus - YouTubeiTunesU – David Jerison, MIT
  • Multivariable CalculusYouTubeiTunes – Dennis Auroux, MIT
  • The Calculus LifesaverDownload Videos – Adrian Banner, Princeton

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Natural Resources

  • Wildlife EcologyiTunesFeed – Justin Brashares, UC Berkeley
  • Woods Energy SeminariTunes – Multiple Professors, Stanford

Physics

  • Fundamentals of PhysicsDownload Course – Ramamurti Shankar, Yale
  • Introduction to Solar System AstronomyiTunesFeed – Richard Pogge, Ohio State
  • Introductory PhysicsiTunes – Robert Jacobsen, UC Berkeley
  • Modern Physics: From the Atom to Big Science iTunesFeedStream – Cathryn Carson, UC Berkeley
  • Modern Theoretical Physics: Classic Mechanics (Video) – iTunesYouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
  • Modern Theoretical Physics: Quantum Mechanics (Video) – iTunesYouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
  • Modern Theoretical Physics: Special Relativity (Video) – iTunesYouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
  • Modern Theoretical Physics: Einstein (Video)iTunesYouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
  • Modern Theoretical Physics: Cosmology (Video) iTunesYouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
  • Modern Theoretical Physics: Statistical Mechanics (Video)iTunesYouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
  • Quantum Entanglement Part 1: (Video) – iTunesYouTube - Leonard Susskind, Stanford University
  • Quantum Entanglement Part 3: (Video) – iTunesYouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford University
  • Quantum MechanicsiTunesFeedMP3s – Raphael Bousso, UC Berkeley
  • Quantum MechanicsiTunesFeed – John Terning, UC Davis
  • Physics I: Classical MechanicsiTunesVideo DownloadYouTube – Walter Lewin, MIT
  • Physics II: Electricity and MagnetismiTunesVideo DownloadYouTube – Walter Lewin, MIT
  • Physics III: Vibrations and WavesiTunesVideo DownloadYouTube – Walter Lewin, MIT
  • Physics for Future PresidentsiTunesFeedMP3sYouTube – Richard Muller, UC Berkeley
  • Physics for Scientists and EngineersiTunesFeed – Steven Boggs, UC Berkeley
  • Stars, Galaxies, and the UniverseiTunesFeed – Richard Pogge, Ohio State
  • String Theory, Black Holes, and the Laws of Nature (Video)Videos – Andrew Strominger, Harvard

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Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

  • Brain Structure and its OriginsiTunesDownload Course – Gerald Schneider, MIT
  • Clinical PsychologyiTunes – Keltner & Chen, UC Berkeley
  • Cognitive NeuroscienceiTunesFeedStream – Richard Ivry, UC Berkeley
  • Depression: Anxiety Disorders and ExerciseMP4 – UCSF
  • Depression: Psychiatric Pitfalls & TreatmentMP4 – UCSF
  • General PsychologyiTunesFeed – John Kihlstrom, UC Berkeley
  • History of PsychologyFeed – City University of New York
  • Human EmotioniTunesFeed – Dacher Keltner, UC Berkeley
  • Introduction to Cognitive PsychologyiTunesFeed – David Huber
  • Introduction to PsychologyYouTubeiTunesDownload Course, Paul Bloom, Yale
  • Introduction to PsychologyiTunesMP3s – Jeremy Wolfe, MIT
  • Introductory PsychologyFeed – UCLA
  • Neuroscience and BehavioriTunesDownload Course – Gerald Schneider, MIT
  • Social PsychologyiTunesFeed – Multiple professors, UC Berkeley
  • Social PsychologyFeedMP3s here – Benjamin R. Karney, UCLA
  • The Psychology, Biology and Politics of FoodDownload Course - Professor Kelly D. Brownell, Yale

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Business

  • Entrepreneurship and Business PlanningiTunesFeed – Mark Juliano, Carnegie Mellon
  • Marketing 321iTunes – Elaine Daussy, Texas A&M

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  40. Hairy Maclary says . . . | October 7, 2009 / 11:09 pm

    Wise up people, none of these online lectures offer you any degree credit. To get that, you have to enrol and be assessed.

  41. rachel ravitsky says . . . | October 10, 2009 / 12:40 pm

    Is there a way to build a self study from those lectues that can bring me to a lever of BA say in mathematics of physics? or it is just a bunch of lectures to those who already graduated?

  42. Asif says . . . | October 12, 2009 / 11:23 pm

    Is there any site on research methodology?

  43. sol says . . . | October 13, 2009 / 10:37 am

    per Hairy Maclary’s comments….it is true people, these online sources will NOT lead to a degree nor allow you to accumulate credits towards one. NOTHING is free. You have to do the real work: pay tuition, go to class, be tested, graded, etc.

    However, it does not hurt to take advantage of these online webcasts as introductory education towards a particular topic. It always looks good on a resume to show that you attempted to learn something new, no matter how limited. BUT, it should be added under a new heading of “training or courses” (not education as in a degree with dates) when adding to a resume. Remember, NEVER LIE! Employers are sharp to all the shortcuts.

  44. Samuel Okraku says . . . | October 17, 2009 / 2:46 am

    I really appreciate the content of your website. I will be most grateful if you could link me up with any institution of higher learning offering free courses. Thanks

  45. Ignaio says . . . | October 17, 2009 / 7:04 am

    Hi,
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  46. Dirk says . . . | October 29, 2009 / 3:27 pm

    Dear Dan,

    First I would like to congratulate you with this extraordinary website! I almost check this website every day to see what's on and I truly admire your efforts by providing us with these wonderful resources from all around the world! This is truly an open culture!

    You might also want to include the online courses offered by the Open University in the Netherlands. The courses are in Dutch but they are for free, unless you want to gain a certificate. Please visit: http://www.opener.ou.nl/.

    I was wondering if you might know some useful learning communities (or if there are any at least)? I am participating in and building one myself for language learning at this moment (http://www.cafedelaslenguas.com – not online online, but with a real life component too), but I am still looking for good online vle's to actually study the online material presented here, all together with students from all over the world.

    Anyway, I admire your work here!

    Warmest regards,
    Dirk

  47. Osker Lors says . . . | November 5, 2009 / 6:25 am

    “If a thousands old beliefs were ruined in our march to truth we must still march on” Brooke

  48. Umugwaneza Aimée says . . . | November 6, 2009 / 2:42 am

    thank you

  49. atomodejidebenjamin says . . . | November 7, 2009 / 11:22 am

    This site is indeed what young people need to visit as often as possible.

  50. J.Rose says . . . | November 12, 2009 / 4:05 pm

    (Yale) Prof. Bloom’s Intro to Psych course is awesome!!!

  51. v.kannan says . . . | November 15, 2009 / 11:49 pm

    I would like study free online course in biomedicla canyou guide me and i have experienc in servicing the biomedical equipments for 4 years.

  52. paul jennings says . . . | November 16, 2009 / 3:36 am

    Hello. Like many of the above I’d also like to know if it’s possible to work through a sociology course and eventually, after successfull completion, to attain generally acknowledged certification.

  53. Kofoworola says . . . | November 23, 2009 / 10:29 am

    Hi,I would like to be introduced to an institution that gives free online course on human resource management.
    Thanks

  54. Mensah Ernest says . . . | November 23, 2009 / 9:31 pm

    Dear Sir/Madam , i would like to further my education.

  55. farkhany says . . . | November 25, 2009 / 1:23 am

    very good
    thanks.

  56. Eric says . . . | December 1, 2009 / 6:11 am

    learn Chinese language at home . try one on one lesson with native teachers

    http://www.echineselanguagelearning.com

  57. Toronto says . . . | December 1, 2009 / 7:27 pm

    Just finished the course of World Regions, People and States by Nathan Sayre. Really interesting. Thanks for making this website!

  58. KWAKU BONSU says . . . | December 4, 2009 / 11:21 am

    Can i persue a free degree in nursing with my diploma in nursing.

  59. khalid says . . . | December 8, 2009 / 10:09 am

    hi how can a gate telecommuniction engineering

  60. Herbert says . . . | December 13, 2009 / 3:52 am

    hi iam a uganda holdig a first degree in developmnt and i would like to do masters in criminology or human rights,how can i get free online course.
    thank you

  61. dumrongsak says . . . | December 14, 2009 / 7:04 am

    the great teacher for our world is here.thank you a lot

  62. derrick orone says . . . | December 16, 2009 / 2:26 pm

    am requesting to be given afree scady scholarship in i.t koz i already started to study it

  63. affoh joseph says . . . | December 17, 2009 / 8:32 am

    please let me know how to apply and start a free online course. i hold a higher national diploma in business administration in nigeria. thanks.

  64. Ellen Green says . . . | December 18, 2009 / 4:50 am

    I am interested in the online course offered in Globalization? Could you let me know how to register. etc.

    Thank you,

    Ellen Green

  65. yasir farooq says . . . | December 23, 2009 / 9:32 pm

    HI

    THIS IS YASIR FAROOQ FROM MULTAN (PAKISTAN )

    Dear sir as you know that we have our international language is english ,and how importent

    is to learn this languae for survivel and present our self to all over the world ,we have some

    thing to present our self in all over the world like ,.our business our vision how to live in this world

    our chracter and more things

    i request you to sir that make it posible for achieve my Goal as i mention and do contece with me

    as soon for refer me the books or teach me on line

    THANKS &regards

    yasir farooq (multan Pakistan )

    cell num 0092 331 206 3748

    0092 305 460 8450

  66. maría cristina cagnoni says . . . | December 25, 2009 / 2:01 pm

    hello,i´m from argentina and i´ve been looking for a site like this for a long time.It´s really marvellous!i wonder whether you give students a certification to add to our resumes,this is the third world and we try to make the most of everything we do here.Thank you

  67. tim says . . . | January 2, 2010 / 11:56 pm

    this site is great… does anyone know of any other sites like this?

    Thanks

  68. NGIRABAHINYUZA Sylvère says . . . | January 6, 2010 / 9:07 am

    I want to be one student of you.

  69. sylvester says . . . | January 8, 2010 / 4:06 pm

    i would like to know if law could be studied

  70. Matt says . . . | January 12, 2010 / 1:50 pm

    This website is pretty awesome, great resources! I would just like to mention to the hundred or so people who have already commented here that these courses are all links to other universities, meaning that you will more than likely NOT be certified, and they do not confer credits or points, etc. These universities and others who provide the free courses released them for your own personal development, because education is always fun. :)

  71. Norman Tremblay says . . . | January 15, 2010 / 12:24 pm

    i couldn’t find any courses for Digital Photography, any ideas how I can find one. Norm Tremblay

  72. Jan says . . . | January 16, 2010 / 4:40 pm

    i would like to be your student and achive secondary school examination could you help me

  73. avinash says . . . | January 18, 2010 / 8:30 am

    THANKS A LOT FOR THE KNOWLEDGE SHARED FREELY…………..

  74. neha says . . . | January 19, 2010 / 2:44 am

    i wish to persue a course free online course on regulatory affairs,can u suggest me universities providing this course

  75. SHAGUN SHRESTHA says . . . | January 21, 2010 / 10:42 am

    do i really get my certification here ? I WILL BE JOINING IN YOUR SITE HOW DO I GET MY CERTIFICATION ??

    WAITING FOR YOUR FAST REPLY

    BEST REGARDS
    SHAGUN

  76. Dan Colman says . . . | January 23, 2010 / 12:50 pm

    PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE NO CREDITS OR DEGREES ATTACHED TO THESE COURSES. The universities make these courses available for personal enrichment purposes only. If anything changes, we will certainly mention it on the site.

    Dan

  77. Katlen Broadbent says . . . | January 31, 2010 / 3:40 am

    How Can I Get Them ? ..

  78. Robin Temsu says . . . | February 7, 2010 / 9:10 am

    It is a wonderful opportunity to learn from teachers around the world. I live in a small town in Nagaland (India) and thanks to technology I can get connected to THE THIS EXCELLENT SITE that is geared towards making a ‘flat world’. My best regards and wishes

    Ps: Will I see more lectures on Indian History.

  79. Raghuram C S says . . . | February 17, 2010 / 9:09 pm

    Dan, if you create your fan page on Facebook, you know who will be your first fan!!! But really, Dan, you are doing a wonderful, wonderful job!!! Thank you so much.

  80. Carlos graça says . . . | February 18, 2010 / 4:34 am

    Embora deseje fazer patre daqueles que contribuem para engrandecer vossos serviços, sinto-me limitado. contudo, espero poder contar sempre com eles.muita duvida ainda paira sobre minha mente quanto aos metodas por vocês usados.
    somente possuo internet há pouco mais de uma semana, minhas limtações transpõem minha vontade de contribuir ao nível das ciências.portanto, gostava de poder apreder com vocês, de forma diversificada e sobre as materias que nos propõem.

  81. nirupama says . . . | February 18, 2010 / 9:05 pm

    plz give some material related to hr plzz……

  82. Ghouse says . . . | February 19, 2010 / 6:21 am

    Plz can you help me in speaking of english quick and easy

  83. tulasi ram says . . . | February 21, 2010 / 9:47 am

    can i have videos to learn indian mechanical engineering syllabus

  84. mohamed says . . . | March 12, 2010 / 10:35 am

    i have a diplome of blomber and electric and pac

  85. Len Gierach says . . . | March 13, 2010 / 3:26 pm

    What a great service to allow ALL to have bridges to higher level education. I hope that all universities in Canada will participate and contribute!!!

    Len

  86. Emmanuel Bako says . . . | March 15, 2010 / 4:50 am

    can I run either PGD, or certificate course in business analysis within 3months? I hold Higher national diploma in Business Admin & Management. How can I receive my certificate after completion

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