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Hey, wake up! You are in a classroom! Nowadays, any browser can be considered a virtual classroom. The free learning platforms available online are impressive and are growing. We no longer need to invest thousands in tuition to get access to first-class education from the best schools worldwide. I’m not saying that this is an alternative to attend real universities and real degrees, that would be a completely different discussion. You can be a student looking for further knowledge, you can be a professional that wants to go in depth on a specific field or even someone that just wants to explore new grounds. This amazing resources will help you to learn more from high quality content. The list doesn’t have a particular order.
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7 great free resources for you to learn online
What is it? “Coursera is an education platform that partners with top universities and organizations worldwide, to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free.” !The website -‐ https://www.coursera.org/
What is it? “Our mission is to bring accessible, affordable, engaging, and highly effective higher education to the world. We believe that higher education is a basic human right, and we seek to empower our students to advance their education and careers.” !The website -‐ https://www.udacity.com/
What is it? “We’re a not-‐for-‐profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-‐class education for anyone anywhere. All of the site’s resources are available to anyone. It doesn’t matter if you are a student, teacher, home-‐schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. Khan Academy’s materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.” !The website -‐ https://www.khanacademy.org/
What is it? “MIT OpenCourseWare makes the materials used in the teaching of almost all of MIT’s subjects available on the Web, free of charge. With more than 2,200 courses available, OCW is delivering on the promise of open sharing of knowledge.” !The website -‐ http://ocw.mit.edu/
What is it? “The Open Education Consortium is a worldwide community of hundreds of higher education institutions and associated organizations committed to advancing open education and its impact on global education.” !The website -‐ http://www.oeconsortium.org/
What is it? “Academic Earth was launched on the premise that everyone deserves access to a world-‐class education. In 2009, we built the first collection of free online college courses from the world’s top universities. The world of open education has exploded since then, so today our curated lists of online courses are hand selected by our staff to show you the very best offerings by subject area. We also make sure there is something for everyone: whether you want to explore a new topic or advance in your current field, we bring the amazing world of academia to you for free.” !The website -‐ http://academicearth.org/
What is it? “The Open Learning Initiative (OLI) is a grant-‐funded group at Carnegie Mellon University, offering innovative online courses to anyone who wants to learn or teach. Our aim is to create high-‐quality courses and contribute original research to improve learning and transform higher education.” !The website -‐ http://www.oeconsortium.org/
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