Take College Courses Online, Free!
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Think college is too expensive? Ever wonder why you’re paying thousands to learn material that can easily be looked up in books? If you don’t need a degree, or are simply looking to brush up on your general knowledge, be sure to check out these online resources which allow you to access high quality course materials online. If you’re super diligent (there’s no instructor to keep you on task), you can work through these and learn quite a bit. Note that you’re not getting any credit (and thus no degree) from these, they are merely helpful resources. Here are a few of the most popular online course offerings:
This is the most popular online college course resource. 1800 real MIT classes are freely available online, covering a broad spectrum of subjects, from the sciences to the humanities. Some of the classes even have full videos of the lectures available for viewing. Highly recommended.
If you’re looking to listen to some stimulating lectures on the go, check out Berkley’s set of downloadable lectures in a MP3 format.
An amalgamation of a large variety of open course materials. Not as thorough as MIT’s offering, but still useful.
Open Learning Initiative - Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Mellon University’s online class offerings. Still under construction, but looks very promising.
I hope this list pointed you to a few useful resources. Even if you don’t work through a whole class, these materials can still be helpful resources for other studies. After all, you can’t beat the price.
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