How to Learn Online for Free

You can find almost anything for free on the Internet these days, including education. So if you’re a motivated self learner, and it’s the actual knowledge you’re after (not a paper to hang on your wall), here is a round up of sites to get you started.

Business Courses
* Medical Product Quality System- free course from UC Irvine
* Fundamentals of Business Analysis- course that analyses the relationship between business and IT
* Capital Markets- course examines several aspects of the global capital markets
* Macroeconomics for managers – broad overview of macroeconomic theory and policy

Technical Courses
* Conceptual Physics- a YouTube channel stressing conceptual physics knowledge (rather than complicated mathematics)
* Search Engine Technologies- another YouTube channel with many video lessons
* BioMedical Engineering- This course provides an overview of medical devices, FDA regulatory issues, biocompatibility and sterilization technology
* How Stuff Works- Learn how many things around you work, simplistically explained


Language Courses

* Mango Languages- Great interactive tool with lessons from native speakers and memory building exercises
* French En Ville- some basic French lessons to help you get around
* Spanish Espacios públicos – some introductory Spanish
* Chinese 101 – an introductory Chinese course with video lectures
* English Grammar- an advanced English course

Other Resources
* All of the UC Berkley YouTube courses
* Stanford iTunes courses
* MIT OpenCourseWare (download the docs for 1800 classes!)
* Notre Dame OpenCourseWare
* University of Texas at Austin Map Collection (Geography)
* Learning Space – Modern Languages

Enjoy!

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  • Bamic,

    As a co-founder of Fratnimals.co.uk, I am constantly scouring the web for new opportunities to learn and brush up on the skills needed in such a demanding position. In all seriousness, the Mango tool is a free version of Rosetta Stone and uses the same linguistic theory in making it both easy to learn and remember.

    The MIT Lecture Browser is great as well-- nice for a lazy Sunday afternoon or if you want to re-learn some things that may have been forgotten...

    Love the posts, bro.

    Bato
  • Come on Berner... you need to start saying you're from Fratnimals.co.uk when you comment on blogs.
  • Michael Berner
    Blake,

    Great Ideas. I've been using the MIT site for sometime now. I was shocked when I found out you can take all of their classes for free, just sans diploma. Its a fantastic tool if you need to brush up on a subject.

    Keep the posts coming

    Bernie
  • I have been collecting video lectures for 1.5 years now.

    My blog is at Free Science Online.

    I have collected maths, physics, computer science, biology, engineering and many other lectures!

    Sincerely,
    Peteris Krumins
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