Free online courses

Fundamentals of Personal Financial Planning
This course was produced by a generous grant from the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards and by the Distance Learning Center at the University of California, Irvine under the OpenCourseWare Initiative. The purpose is to make widely available to the general public a course designed to provide a comprehensive but easily understood overview of personal financial planning.

FEMA Emergency Management Institute
EMI offers more than fifty independent study courses. These are self-paced courses designed for people who have emergency management responsibilities and the general public. For most of our courses you will need to download and print the materials. Others are interactive courses that you can take directly over the internet. All are offered free-of-charge to those who qualify for enrollment. Each Independent Study Course includes lessons with practice exercises and a final examination.

Wine course
You'll quickly learn to:
...differentiate and describe wine like an expert
...discuss and order wine with confidence
...save money when purchasing wine
...reject faulty wines commonly accepted by others
...match food and wine, and much more besides!

Free Online High School Courses & Curriculum Materials
Study AP Physics or Introductory French, Debate, Journalism, or AP Calculus... and lots more, all free

Prepare for your GED for free
Here you will find a complete, free GED online preparation course and practice tests, which can help you pass your GED exams and take the next step toward college or a new career. Developed by expert instructors, this 150-page course covers all of the aspects of the GED.

Internet Grammar of English
The Internet Grammar of English is a free online course in English grammar written primarily for university undergraduates. However, we hope that it will be useful to everyone who is interested in the English language.

Interactive Power Electronics
Simple Diode Circuits. Simple SCR Circuits
Fully Controlled 1-PH SCR Bridge Rectifier
Fully Controlled 3 - PH SCR Bridge Rectifier
Semi - Controlled Rectifier Circuits
Switch - Mode Power Supply

On-Line Phonology
This course has been designed as a self-access free online course for all those interested in learning the script and identifying the sounds of the phonology of R.P.(Received Pronunciation).The course is designed so that either native or non-native English speakers can achieve quite a sophisticated understanding of the basics of phonology.

BBC Online Courses
Free online courses in: Basic Skills, Cookery, Creative Writing, Environmental Studies, Gardening, Health, History, Information Technology, Languages, Media Studies, Science, Sports and Fitness

Spanish Tutorial
Learn Spanish with this free online tutorial
With 70+ lessons already published
Grammar explanations. Written exercises
Oral exercises
Written tests

French Language Course
The following French course is intended to allow you to understand written French (newspapers, articles, magazines, signs on the road during your next trip in France, etc.) and to write a letter to a French friend or correspondent.

Fear of Flying Help
The course is intended to educate you in the "mysteries" of flying and the associated fears (fear of flying, flying phobias, flight anxiety, panic attacks, and fear of heights).

Business Spanish
Businessspanishcom'll teach you how to speak and write business and conversational Spanish by listening and repeating examples and simplified grammar rules.

University of Washington
Free online courses in:
- Business Communications
- The American Civil War
- Energy, Diet and Weight
- Genetics Techniques
- Greek Mythology
- Gulliver's Travels
- Hamlet
- HTML Basics
- History of Jazz: New Orleans
- The American Revolution
- Shakespeare's Comedies
- Heroic Fantasy: Tolkien
- World War II

Online Course for Teachers: Teaching Evolution
Take this eight-session professional development course, where you'll examine major evolutionary concepts, explore teaching methodologies, and address obstacles to teaching evolution.

A Certificate for Parenting
This free online course will help you understand what a human baby has evolved over millions of years to expect and need and how our culture often clashes with those expectations.

Navigation Course
This is an advanced online course on marine navigation

Pottery Tutorial
The "Pottery Tutorial" is designed for the beginner as a step by step guide to making ceramics.
  1.Making Pinch Pots 2.Making Coil Pots 3.Making Pressed Coil Pots 4.Making Slab Pots 5.Throwing on the Wheel - 4 Steps 6.Making and Attaching Handles

  Succeed in Physical Science
This entry level course combines physics and chemistry fundamentals in a way that will allow you to excel in future science studies and even become a scientific champion.

BRL: Braille Through Remote Learning
Is an online instructional program that provides teachers, parents, social workers, and current/future braille transcribers with a series of three integrated online courses in braille and braille transcribing.

Open Courseware
Free lectures, podcasts and videos from universities and other organizations

Online Degree Programs