Get Educated for Free

Below is a list of websites that can help anyone learn interactively at your own pace and in the comfort of your home. These websites cover a wide variety of subjects and topics be it art, science, language, technology etc.

edX — Take online courses from the world’s best universities. Founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, edX is an online learning destination and MOOC provider, offering high-quality courses from the world’s best universities and institutions to learners everywhere.

Highbrow — Get bite-sized daily courses to your inbox.
Highbrow is the solution to the knowledge gap. With Highbrow, we try to create a simple, easy, and free way for people to gain new knowledge in less time than it takes to drink a cup of coffee.

Coursera — Take the world’s best courses, online, for free.
Coursera provides universal access to the world’s best education, partnering with top universities and organizations to offer courses online.

Coursmos — Take a micro-course anytime you want, on any device.
Coursmos is California-based startup that develops leading-edge learning management platform that enables mid-to-large size enterprises to efficiently share knowledge among employees and partners, and organize corporate learning.

They offer you a streamlined design that requires no assistance from IT specialists to set up and maintain, and a variety of tools for easy migration and customization.

Skillshare — Online classes and projects that unlock your creativity. Skillshare is a learning community where anyone can discover, take, or even teach a class.

Curious — Grow your skills with online video lessons.

lynda.com — Learn technology, creative and business skills. Lynda.com leading online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. Through individual, corporate, academic and government subscriptions, members have access to the lynda.com video library of engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts.

CreativeLive — Take free creative classes from the world’s top experts. CreativeLive empowers you to unleash your potential by bringing the world’s greatest experts directly to you, live. Featuring workshops in photography, video, design, business, audio, music, crafting, and software training, CreativeLive unlocks previously closed doors by making dynamic education accessible to everyone

Udemy — Learn real world skills online. Udemy is a global marketplace for learning and teaching online where students are mastering new skills and achieving their goals by learning from an extensive library of over 40,000 courses taught by expert instructors.

Learn how to code

Codecademy — Learn to code interactively, for free.

Stuk.io — Learn how to code from scratch.

Udacity — Earn a Nanodegree recognized by industry leaders.

Platzi — Live streaming classes on design, marketing and code.

Learnable — The best way to learn web development.

Code School — Learn to code by doing.

Thinkful — Advance your career with 1-on-1 mentorship.

Code.org — Start learning today with easy tutorials.

BaseRails — Master Ruby on Rails and other web technologies.

Treehouse — Learn HTML, CSS, iPhone apps & more.

One Month — Learn to code and build web applications in one month.

Dash — Learn to make awesome websites.

Learn to work with data

DataCamp — Online R tutorials and data science courses.

DataQuest — Learn data science in your browser.
DataMonkey — Develop your analytical skills in a simple, yet fun way.

Learn new languages

Duolingo — Learn a language for free.

Lingvist — Learn a language in 200 hours.

Busuu — The free language learning community.

Memrise — Use flashcards to learn vocabulary.

Expand your knowledge

TED-Ed — Find carefully curated educational videos

Khan Academy — Access an extensive library of interactive content.
Guides.co — Search the largest collection of online guides.

Squareknot — Browse beautiful, step-by-step guides.

Learnist — Learn from expertly curated web, print and video content.

Prismatic — Learn interesting things based on social recommendation.

Bonus

Chesscademy — Learn how to play chess for free.

Pianu — A new way to learn piano online, interactively.

Yousician— Your personal guitar tutor for the digital age.

Written by @kristynazdot, founder and CEO of maqtoob.com  —  app discovery platform for inspiring entrepreneurs. At the moment, it features 1,500+ handpicked tools for startups, small businesses, and freelancers.

Read the original article on Medium. Copyright 2015.

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