9 great online resources for free Education

As someone said, “Education is a journey not a race”, and the one who keeps learning never ceases to grow . In this age of internet, education has improved a lot in terms of availability and reach. Excellent learning resources of all kind are now accessible at your desired electronic device (mobile, tablet and desktop). We bring you here some of the fascinating online resources for open education – these are absolutely FREE. Happy Learning!

Open Culture

Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. It aggregates free resources across web into a single centralized repository,  curate it, and give you access to this high quality content.  

Open culture is not the builder/creator of these courses, but it highlights online courses created by other educational ventures.

t

edX

Founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, edX is a nonprofit and open source online learning destination and MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) provider, offering high-quality courses from the world’s best universities and institutions to learners everywhere.

Open edX is the open-source platform that powers edX courses and is freely available. With Open edX, educators and technologists can build learning tools and contribute new features to the platform, creating innovative solutions to benefit students everywhere.

t

Alison

Alison is an online learning provider that aims to enable people to gain basic education and workplace skills. Its vision is to be the world’s leading provider of free high quality knowledge and workplace skills training.

Contrary to other MOOC providers with close links to American third level institutions such as MIT and Stanford University, the majority of Alison’s learners are located in the developing world with the fastest growing number of users in India.

t

OpenLearn

OpenLearn aims to break the barriers to education by reaching millions of learners around the world. It gives access to interactive content, games, video, podcasts and articles to grow your learning; along with details of Open University programs and opportunities to order posters, booklets and more. 

It is a great place to get an idea of what to expect from university study. While learning, earn a digital badge or statement of participation as evidence of your learning.

t

FutureLearn

FutureLearn is a digital education platform wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is a massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform that aims to pioneer the best social learning experiences for everyone, anywhere.

It offer a diverse selection of courses from leading universities and cultural institutions from around the world. The courses offer opportunities to discuss what you’re learning with others as you go, helping you make fresh discoveries and form new ideas. 

t

Khan Academy

Khan Academy is a nonprofit with a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. It offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.

It uses state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps and offers courses in math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. 

t

Academic Earth

Academic Earth is a collection of free online college courses from the world’s top universities. It serves as an easily accessible repository for online academic lectures and aims to bring together the best available content across many subjects and distribute it in an engaging and useful way to learners worldwide. 

In order to provide world-class education,  Academic Earth curate an unparalleled collection of free online courses from the world’s top universities.

t

Codecademy

Codecademy is an online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in 12 different programming languages including Python, Java, PHP, JavaScript (jQuery, AngularJS, React.js), Ruby, SQL, and Sass, as well as markup languages HTML and CSS.

The site also offers a paid “pro” option that gives users access to a personalized learning plan, quizzes, realistic projects, and live help from advisors.

t

Duolingo

Duolingo is a freemium language-learning platform that includes a language-learning website and app, as well as a digital language proficiency assessment exam. 

Duolingo provides written lessons and dictation, with speaking practice for more advanced users. It has a gamified skill tree that users can progress through[22] and a vocabulary section where learned words can be practiced.

Disclaimer:- All product names, logos, trademarks and description cited here are property of their respective owners. These product names, logos, trademarks and description are used here for information purposes only. Use of these names, logos, brands and description does not imply endorsement of any kind. The statistics used here in ‘Notable Highlights’ section is the most recent data obtained at the time of writing, and it may not correspond to the actual numbers, it is advised to visit the respective website for most recent data, if any. If you find any inappropriate content, please write to info@hooptale.com.