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Free Online Education—Universities Offering Free Online Courses!!!
| “Broke? No money to pay for tuition? No problem at all!! Numerous well-reputed colleges and universities are now offering free online courses for people who wish to enhance their knowledge and excel in their professions!”
In today’s world with horrendous price hike and high competition, the cost of education is simply terrifying for potential students who aspire to pursue a course or a degree to advance their education and move forward in their careers. This is one of the most prevalent reasons why people are giving up education and getting to work at an early age. People believe that there are better things to spend their money on rather than wasting money and time both on education. But, this is where they are wrong. Nothing can be more important than education and qualifications of an individual as they are the only personal asset s/he owns. This is one of the reasons why some online colleges and universities have started offering free online courses at a basic or starter level for people who would be interested in furthering their education to lure them back to learning. With the onset of distance learning, online education and online degrees, things have changed a lot. Gone are the days when studying cost an arm and a leg. Now, universities offer courses in various online degree subjects which are totally free!! Even though a free online course might just be basic, but something definitely is better than nothing and it might be just the think you need for a career boost!! Presented are some of the colleges and universities offering free online courses: 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT is the best option for all those looking out for free courses. Through the OpenCourseWare project, Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers nearly 1800 free courses!! Access is granted to students all across the world. 2. Open University Open University is the largest academic institution in UK. The OpenLearn website of Open University provides access to under-graduate and graduate level course material on topics like arts, history, business, education, IT and computing, mathematics and statistics, science, health and technology. 3. Carnegie Mellon University This university offers numerous free online courses as well as course materials through its Open Learning Initiative Program. Online courses are offered by Carnegie Mellon University in subjects like statistics, biology, chemistry, economics, French and physics. 4. Tufts University Tufts University, like MIT offers an OpenCourseWare project which can be accessed by students from across the world. Courses offered by Tufts University are categorized by Schools and present lectures, course material, projects etc. 5. Stanford University Being one of the world’s leading academic institutions, Stanford University has joined in with iTunesU to provide free online courses, lectures and interviews. The courses can be downloaded to be studied at students’ convenience. 6. University of California, Berkeley UC Berkeley has been offering webcasts of certain courses since 2001. The University of California, Berkeley offers hundreds of courses as podcasts and webcasts on subjects like astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer programming, engineering, psychology, legal studies and philosophy. 7. Utah State University Utah State University provides free online courses in various fields including anthropology, physics, theatre arts etc. Online courses offered by Utah State University can be downloaded or even viewed online. 8. Kutztown University of Pennsylvania The largest collection of free online business courses is offered by Kutztown University’s Small Business Development Center. Courses are offered by Kutztown University of Pennsylvania on subjects like accounting, finance, government, business law, marketing and sales. Text, interactive case studies, presentations, graphics and streaming audio are presented to demonstrate the ideas presented in each course. 9. University of Southern Queensland Based in Australia, the University of Southern Queensland also offers free online courses for people across the world through its OpenCourseWare project. Course topics include communication, science, career planning, technology, teaching and multimedia creation. 10. University of California, Irvine This university recently joined the OCW Consortium and began providing university level courses online. Not many free online courses are available at the moment, but the list is growing. The current subjects offered at University of California, Irvine include financial planning, human resources, capital markets and e-marketing. Course material comes in the form of programs, lectures, notes, projects and exams. Hope you benefit from these free online courses and get a head start on your career…its never too late for education!! Do let us know how your online learning experience was. |


July 21st, 2008 at 9:44 am
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Sure help many people who want free education online.
August 13th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
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October 17th, 2008 at 9:21 am
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December 30th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
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December 30th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
I wish this blog was in other languages as well, like in German.
December 30th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
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February 19th, 2009 at 5:59 am
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March 22nd, 2009 at 5:09 pm
This is fantastic………I can obtain as many qualifications as I want.
I mean this is great!!!
March 24th, 2009 at 3:48 am
Offering free education is a great thing to. Helps those who are financially tight but have interest in education to continue learning
March 30th, 2009 at 4:27 am
@ dil okulu, I can’t promise but I will have to try other languages too someday.
Thank you everyone for liking post & giving your valuable comments.
May 1st, 2009 at 8:06 am
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May 1st, 2009 at 8:14 am
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June 14th, 2009 at 8:00 am
There are so many free online courses offered by top universities nowadays, we can have high quality education at no cost.
July 21st, 2009 at 8:45 am
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