Free Open Online Courses

The closure of academic institutions has impacted over 60% of the world’s student population. However, the changing times have forced the universities and other academic institutions to evolve new ways to provide the pursuit of knowledge. Most of the universities are offering Massive Open Online Courses where one can increase his skill sets. Most of these courses are self-paced (where you can decide the speed of the program).Today in this post we will share some of the online sources where you can learn new things at the comfort of your home.

• EdX

EdX is the online learning destination co-founded by Harvard and MIT. And has partnership with the most prestigious universities of the world like Boston, NUS etc. and offer a range of courses like Computer Sciences, Engineering, Management etc. as depicted in the image below:

One can also opt for an online certificate for a small fee which can be easily displayed in the LinkedIn or any other platform.

• Udemy

If you want to learn a new professional skill like Excel or SQL or Android Development, Udemy has a lot to offer.

• Microsoft Learn

Microsoft Learn is a free, online training platform that provides interactive learning for Microsoft products and more. Microsoft Learn is a completely free, open training platform available to anyone who has an interest to learn about Microsoft products. One can learn from Azure, Microsoft Power BI, PowerApps, Dynamics365, Microsoft365, Office and Visual Studio. There are a range of certifications available as shown:

Apart from these, there a lot many websites which offer free as well as premier courses which are listed as:

• Future Learn
• Coursera
• General Assembly
• Kadenze
• Skill Share
• LinkedIn Learning
• Code Academy
• Khan Academy
• Udacity

Do let us know in the comments if we missed any.