Education, Skills Development, Entrepreneurship & Advisory
OPENCULTURE
Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web 2.0 has given us great amounts of intelligent audio and video. It’s all free. It’s all enriching. But it’s also scattered across the web, and not easy to find. Our whole mission is to centralize this content, curate it, and give you access to this high quality content whenever and wherever you want it. Some of our major resource collections include:
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950 Free Online Courses from Top Universities
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675 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns, etc.
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550 Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free
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600 Free eBooks for iPad, Kindle & Other Devices
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MOOCs from Great Universities (Many With Certificates)
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Learn 46 Languages Online for Free: Spanish, Chinese, English & More
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200 Free Kids Educational Resources: Video Lessons, Apps, Books, Websites & More
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Cost: FREE
edX
EdX offers interactive online classes and MOOCs from the world's best universities. Online courses from MITx, HarvardX, BerkeleyX, UTx and many other universities. Topics include biology, business, chemistry, computer science, economics, finance, electronics, engineering, food and nutrition, history, humanities, law, literature, math, medicine, music, philosophy, physics, science, statistics and more. EdX is a non-profit online initiative created by founding partners Harvard and MIT.
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Cost: FREE
Open Education Consortium
The Open Education Consortium in collaboration with MERLOT offers a search engine on OER (Open Educational Resources). OER are openly licensed online educational materials that allow teachers and students to freely use, share, and modify
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Cost: FREE
MITOPENCOURSEWARE
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
“The idea is simple: to publish all of our course materials online and make them widely available to everyone.” Dick K.P. Yue, Professor, MIT School of Engineering
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Cost: FREE
Investopedia University
Investopedia offers an abundance of financial content, from articles, dictionary terms, tutorials and video, to frequently asked questions and exam prep quizzes.
Investopedia offers free weekly newsletters covering all topics from investing basics to Forex trading. Our newsletters cater to all audiences, whether it be the seasoned investor interested in receiving stock analysis and trends, or inexperienced individuals looking to get their financial feet wet.
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Cost: FREE
Foundation for Economic Foundation (FEE)
FEE’s mission is to inspire, educate and connect future leaders with the economic, ethical and legal principles of a free society.
For young minds interested in an introduction to free market economics and its foundations in the broader philosophy of individual liberty, FEE is the best source for inspiring content, programs and community.
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Cost: FREE
ALISON
ALISON mission is simple: to enable you, wherever you are in the world, to learn and get certified – at your own pace – using our free, interactive, multimedia.
There are 600 free courses for you to choose from:
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· Financial & Economic Literacy
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· Digital Literacy & IT Skills
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· Diploma Courses
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· Health Literacy
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· Health & Safety (Irish Legislation Only)
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FREE Education - option to pay for a certificate
FutureLearn
We offer a diverse selection of courses from leading universities and cultural institutions from around the world. These are delivered one step at a time, and are accessible on mobile, tablet and desktop, so you can fit learning around your life.
We believe learning should be an enjoyable, social experience, so our courses offer the opportunity to discuss what you’re learning with others as you go, helping you make fresh discoveries and form new ideas.
FutureLearn offers you a powerful new way to learn online. Every course has been designed according to principles of effective learning, through storytelling, discussion, visible learning, and using community support to celebrate progress.
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Cost: FREE
iversity
iversity.org is the European platform for online learning that enables universities to share a broad range courses with students from around the globe, providing them with the opportunity to earn recognised credentials, no matter where they are. This new dimension of learning is what we describe with the phrase: “study anywhere”.
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Cost: FREE
OpenLearning
OpenLearning allows individuals from all over the world and of all ages and backgrounds to both learn and teach topics spanning every discipline.
OpenLearning not only allows teachers to make their courses available online, but is also dedicated to ensuring that students participating in these courses have meaningful, engaging, constructive, and ultimately transformative learning experiences.
The OpenLearning philosophy, which governs the design of the platform's student and teacher experience is based on the pedagogical foundations of:
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Student empowerment, to foster deeper learning through intrinsic motivation,
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Authentic, active learning experiences which go beyond publishing content,
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Community and connectedness, to provide a social platform with the best support, encouragement, knowledge sharing, and engagement.
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Cost: FREE
openHPI
Keeping pace with the rapidly developing world of information technology is a need that Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) helps to fill with openhpi.de. openHPI works according to the principle of “Massive Open Online Courses” (MOOC):
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openHPI courses match the high-quality curriculum at HPI, Germany’s highest ranked computer science institute. On the basis of instructional videos, interactive self-tests and practical exercises, participants receive in-depth knowledge on multi-faceted topics in IT technology.
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openHPI courses are conducted entirely online. All material can be accessed from any device that is Internet-accessible, whether desktop, laptop, Smartphone or tablet.
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openHPI courses are open: that means participation is free and there are no prerequisites of any kind.
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openHPI courses enable individual participants to join in a virtual learning community with other participants. Lively discussion forums and virtual learning groups encourage a stimulating exchange of questions and a collaborative learning of the subject.
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Cost: FREE
EQUITY SCHOLAR
Equity Scholar is a market-leading financial education service for traders and investors alike. Built to be the best, Equity Scholar offers a full range of educational products and services that provide lifelong learning and support to those seeking improvement in their trading and investing performance.
Our online courses on Equities, Investing, Options, Forex, and Futures combine innovative technology with comprehensive trading and investing strategies designed to improve traders of all experience levels. With in-depth classes, live trader chat rooms, and top-rated customer support, Equity Scholar is on a mission to provide our members the best brand in educated trading and investing.
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Cost: FREE