For many of the high-paying jobs with many of the top companies a college degree is no longer a requirement for example in the technology sector companies like apple google and tesla are saying that they just want people with the necessary skills whether they have a degree or not
so coming up I’ll show you 10 useful websites offering online college-level courses where you can learn a new skill that is in high demand for free.
EDX
Flexible, Learn When You Want
let's get started first up in no particular order is edx this the non-profit was founded back in 2012 by Harvard University and met with the goal of providing people without the financial means and with location barriers access to high-quality courses from institutions and universities from around the world, there's a wide variety of subjects to choose from including economics and finance history medicine computer science and a whole lot more other than mit and Harvard other contributors include the University of California Boston university and from the ivy league brown university you'll even find courses for major companies like Microsoft in this example if you take this course the cost is completely free with the option to add a verified certificate for a fee adding this is not accreditation it just proves that you completed the course.
Future learn
Online Courses from Top Universities
Future learn just like edx was founded in 2012 it's jointly owned by the open university based in the UK and the employment company seek limited they offer courses from over 100 universities and organizations located around the world, not all are free in the future learn I’ll show you how to access the free courses here at the top click courses and select short courses let's scroll down the page and find the subject and course you'd like to take I’ll go with it and computer science.
And here on the right artificial intelligence look at the bottom of the page, it'll show you the duration of the weekly study and it'll show you that cost to learn is free typically this means that you have access to the course for its duration plus 14 days and to the right of that for digital upgrade it usually includes added benefits with an additional cost in this example that's also free.
Kadenze
Online STEAM Courses
A newer player offering free online courses is Kadenze it launched in 2015 and offers courses geared towards music art engineering science technology design and math some of the top contributors offering courses and programs include Columbia university Stanford Princeton the Paris college of art and many more when going to their course catalog you simply choose a subject.
I’ll go with music technology and then you choose the skill level your choices are beginner intermediate and expert I’ll go with beginner here all of the courses are free letting you participate in forum discussions and allowing you to build a portfolio to showcase your work they also have a premium plan for twenty dollars per month with additional benefits including the ability to collaborate with your peers.
Stanford online
Learning for a Lifetime
Stanford university mentioned in our previous entry has their very own education initiative called Stanford online their site is user friendly making it easy to find the free courses you want here at the top select free content then click on free online courses it will show you some of the categories available.
if you don't see yours listed click browse all this will bring you to their catalog in filters make sure that free is selected use the other filters to narrow down your selection then select your course to get additional information.
Udemy
Learn Anything, On Your Schedule
One of the oldest online learning platforms is Udemy. which launched way back in 2010. their primary focus is providing courses to improve job-related skills they have the largest selection of courses with more than 150 000 available taught by more than 50 000 instructors worldwide some of the top categories include it.
and software marketing and photography a majority of their courses are not free to find the free stuff on offer here at the top go to categories and select your category I’ll go with it and software and select all it and software scroll down the page to the section with the filters in filters find a price and select free and if needed use the other filters to find what you want for those of you getting into programming python is a good one to learn right now.
If you're just starting out these are two that look promising with good reviews on Udemy just like most of the other sites mentioned in this video only paid courses will offer any possible certification or accreditation.
Allison
Free Online Courses
Allison is another oldie but goodie that launched in 2007. unlike many sites with a large quantity of courses, Allison is more focused on providing high-quality courses to learn skills to be used in the workplace all courses are completely free to enroll study and complete in several categories including i.t business math health science and many others while the assessment is included you will need to achieve 80 or higher to be eligible for certification depending on the certificate earned there is an additional fee.
Udacity
Learn the Latest Tech Skills
Udacity which was founded in 2012 is what I recommend if you're looking to acquire a skill to be used in the technology sector they offer nano degree programs that are recognized by top companies like Google Facebook at t and many others while not being free they are a fraction of the cost of a traditional degree if you're just looking to acquire the knowledge for free here's where you can access the past free courses to audit so here at the top go-to programs and select full catalog in filter by click select program details and for type select free courses you can also, select your skill level and estimated duration then select your course unlike other courses on udacity that require you to start and go at the same pace as everyone else the free courses are more casual letting you go at your own pace.
Open Learning Initiative
This will be a quick one of the open learning initiative from Carnegie Mellon University doesn't offer a large database of free courses but what they do have is first grade find them here at the top go-to courses and select student courses scroll down and select independent learners courses that are free are clearly labeled open and free the various categories are listed on the right to refine your search.
Coursera
Build Skills with Online Courses
Coursera is yet another heavy hitter in the world of online learning it launched in 2012 like some of the others already mentioned and was founded by two computer science professors from Stanford University in addition to working with top universities like duke Princeton and the University of Michigan there are also courses taught by big tech companies like amazon web services IBM and google Coursera is a paid service and I assure you they don't let you forget about that if you want to gain the knowledge and don't care about the certificate here's how you can take a course for free in this example I’ll go with google, It supports offering the professional certificate this is the overview page letting you know it's a five-course series on this page when I click enroll for free it will require signing up for 49 dollars per month after the free trial ends instead let's go back click on courses down here and select a specific course that you would like to take obviously we'll go with the first one here with the course selected.
now click enroll for free you'll still get the offer to sign up instead right below it click audit the single course this way you can gather the knowledge for free or at least it gives you a taste to find out for yourself if you'd like to pursue that certificate.
Open Learn
Free Statement of Participation
Just like future learn mentioned earlier open learn is from the folks at the open university open learn predates their other site it launched way back in the last century in 1999 long before the most popular sites of today all courses are free for beginners to experts in various subjects including health sports and psychology money in business science and technology and many more upon completion of any course you'll receive a free statement of participation. it's kind of like a participation trophy there's no accreditation but at least it does provide proof to employers of your interest in learning a new subject having completed the course.
BONUS SITES
khan academy
Before ending out this episode here are some bonus sites worth checking out including khan academy it's primarily for those in k through 12 but does have valuable content for those wanting to learn computer programming and for those of you wanting a career in computer programming.
codecademy
There is Codecademy and I’d recommend checking out the dash course on the general assembly site that will teach you the basics of web development for those of you that noticed that there is an emphasis in this post on computer programming there's a good reason for that there's a shortage of programmers right now.
And it's expected to be more demand in the future thanks for watching links are in the description if this video is useful for you give it a thumbs up and share with others if you know of a website not mentioned that is great for learning a new skill let us know about it in the comments. So you don't miss out on the best websites and other tech-related stuff here on Able of Tech.
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