MOOCs (massive open online courses), many free, are a hot item. Using the links below, you can search by course, subject, professor, university.
- itunes.apple.com/us/genre/itunes-u/id40000000?mt=10
iTunesU has 1000s of courses once you create an account (free) - openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
700 free online courses from top universities - academicearth.org
From computer science to anthropology and everything inbetween - coursera.org
Touted as nation’s largest provider; 33 University partners (Jan 2013) - edx.org
Harvard & MIT not-for-profit’s approach – all free - udacity.com
Offering courses from outside academia - sph.umn.edu/ce/online
Free public health courses at the U
Most universities offering distance courses also offer fee-based distance learning for credit.
- digitalcampus.umn.edu
The U of M’s Digital Campus - conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/online
Oxford’s courses (many have fees) - ice.cam.ac.uk/courses/online-courses
Cambridges’s courses (many have fees)