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The Internet abounds with
free online courses and learning materials if you know where to look.
Quick
Search for Free Online Courses
CoursePal offers a free service that searches for online courses on nearly any subject. Click
here to try
this service. You might also check out the
World Lecture Hall,
an entry point to
free online course materials from around the world
hosted by the University of Texas at Austin.
Although many of the courses listed on World Lecture
Hall are outdated, you may still find some good leads.
Finding Detailed Information
on Free Courses Online
Some other great sites for
free courses online include...
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Web Site |
Description |
free-ed.net |
a directory of free courses in business, education,
engineering, information technology, humanities,
mathematics, science and more |
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ThirdAge |
while ThirdAge is geared toward adults in their mid-40s
through 50s, these free classes are great for all adults |
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EdSurf
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an online student resource
focusing on free computer training courses on the
Internet |
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Barnes and Noble University |
offers dozens of free
courses every month on a wide variety of subjects
-- from poetry to finance to programming |
The challenges you'll face in finding free online
courses include variable quality and outdated
information. But with persistence you'll find the
Internet remains a treasure trove of economical online learning
possibilities if you know where to look. The other
chapters in this course should help to convince you of
that.
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