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Ten Universities with Free Online Courses
Posted by Kevin Purdy at 1:30 AM on December 22, 2007
The web has democratised a lot of things since its birth, including the learning previously available only with a hefty tuition cheque. College site Education Portal has a handy list of the colleges that offer the most comprehensive course material online, including open-course trailblazers like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tufts University, and programs like Stanford's lecture podcasts on iTunes U. You can't get a sheepskin for free, but you can further your knowledge and training for less than even the cost of a book. For way more college-based free learning, check out Wendy's comprehensive guide to the .edu underground.
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
ODJEVA JOSEPH OGHENETEKEVWE
Posted July 4, 2008 8:36 PM
I love to school in australia and have a certificate under that and aftre my graduation i will love top work in the country.
dhc
Posted 8:09 AM 21/12/07
Here is a page with links to about 80 free courses from leading universities:
[www.oculture.com]
And also a general collection of university podcasts.
[www.oculture.com]
dhc
Jerry
Posted 8:03 AM 21/12/07
Excellent post. I don't know how anyone can turn their backs on a free education.
Jerry
Dom
Posted 12:23 PM 21/12/07
If your institution allows wiver or audit exams, this is a great way to advance your degree on the cheap.
MIT offers a course on advanced solid state electronics, hmm....
Dom
bsankr
Posted 12:12 PM 21/12/07
my goodness, as a learnophile my christmas has just been made. thank you, kevin.
the mit courses are especially thorough and intriguing.
brad
bsankr
FreeChaos
Posted 2:03 PM 21/12/07
And I still cannot find a C++ course. What's wrong with colleges today?
FreeChaos
TunaFish
Posted 5:08 PM 21/12/07
Thank you for this post LH. Great way to look forward to the new year.
TunaFish
edythemighty
Posted 5:08 PM 21/12/07
I have a C++ course here....only one :P
edythemighty
Joseph
Posted 8:22 PM 21/12/07
@FreeChaos: Go to Virginia Tech, that's all they teach you. The first class you take they say "Computer Science is not all about programming." Next four years are ALL ABOUT PROGRAMMING!
Joseph
edythemighty
Posted 8:43 PM 21/12/07
Yesh....operating systems and information systems oh my
edythemighty
Mike Sty
Posted 10:14 PM 21/12/07
GO HOKIES!
They actually said at the CS seminar those exact words, "CS is not all about programming." The rest of the display was indeed about programming.
Mike Sty
BEN
Posted 5:08 AM 22/12/07
I sure am glad I pissed away all that money.
BEN
chris-mcc
Posted 10:47 AM 22/12/07
I'm confused. I'm finding a lot of these "courses" seem to be nothing more than a bunch of podcasts or mp3s released on itunes?
I never went to college but I thought "courses" included things like assignments, tests and exams?
If these things are "courses" then I guess I've been working on my degree in talk radio for the last 2 years.
chris-mcc
jamiedavies
Posted 3:57 AM 22/12/07
In the UK there's the Open University who have recently opened up loads of free courses too:
[openlearn.open.ac.uk]
jamiedavies
ghostboy216
Posted 1:28 AM 22/12/07
Now if we could get college credit for these courses, that would be downright revolutionary.
ghostboy216