I believe in free education, one that’s available to everyone; no matter their race, gender, age, wealth, etc… This masterpost was created for every knowledge hungry individual out there. I hope it will serve you well. Enjoy!
FREE ONLINE COURSES (here are listed websites that provide huge variety of courses)
- Alison
- Coursera
- FutureLearn
- open2study
- Khan Academy
- edX
- P2P U
- Academic Earth
- iversity
- Stanford Online
- MIT Open Courseware
- Open Yale Courses
- BBC Learning
- OpenLearn
- Carnegie Mellon University OLI
- University of Reddit
- Saylor
IDEAS, INSPIRATION & NEWS (websites which deliver educational content meant to entertain you and stimulate your brain)
- TED
- FORA
- Big Think
- 99u
- BBC Future
- Seriously Amazing
- How Stuff Works
- Discovery News
- National Geographic
- Science News
- Popular Science
- IFLScience
- YouTube Edu
DIY & HOW-TO’S (Don’t know how to do that? Want to learn how to do it yourself? Here are some great websites.)
FREE TEXTBOOKS & E-BOOKS
- OpenStax CNX
- Open Textbooks
- Bookboon
- Textbook Revolution
- E-books Directory
- FullBooks
- Books Should Be Free
- Classic Reader
- Read Print
- Project Gutenberg
- AudioBooks For Free
- LibriVox
- Poem Hunter
- Bartleby
- MIT Classics
- Many Books
- Open Textbooks BCcampus
- Open Textbook Library
- WikiBooks
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES & JOURNALS
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Scitable
- PLOS
- Wiley Open Access
- Springer Open
- Oxford Open
- Elsevier Open Access
- ArXiv
- Open Access Library
LEARN:
1. LANGUAGES
- Duolingo
- BBC Languages
- Learn A Language
- 101languages
- Memrise
- Livemocha
- Foreign Services Institute
- My Languages
- Surface Languages
- Lingualia
- OmniGlot
- OpenCulture’s Language links
2. COMPUTER SCIENCE & PROGRAMMING
- Codecademy
- Programmr
- GA Dash
- CodeHS
- w3schools
- Code Avengers
- Codelearn
- The Code Player
- Code School
- Code.org
- Programming Motherf*?$%#
- Bento
- Bucky’s room
- WiBit
- Learn Code the Hard Way
- Mozilla Developer Network
- Microsoft Virtual Academy
3. YOGA & MEDITATION
- Learning Yoga
- Learn Meditation
- Yome
- Free Meditation
- Online Meditation
- Do Yoga With Me
- Yoga Learning Center
4. PHOTOGRAPHY & FILMMAKING
- Exposure Guide
- The Bastards Book of Photography
- Cambridge in Color
- Best Photo Lessons
- Photography Course
- Production Now
- nyvs
- Learn About Film
- Film School Online
5. DRAWING & PAINTING
6. INSTRUMENTS & MUSIC THEORY
- Music Theory
- Teoria
- Music Theory Videos
- Furmanczyk Academy of Music
- Dave Conservatoire
- Petrucci Music Library
- Justin Guitar
- Guitar Lessons
- Piano Lessons
- Zebra Keys
- Play Bass Now
7. OTHER UNCATEGORIZED SKILLS
- Investopedia
- The Chess Website
- Chesscademy
- Chess.com
- Spreeder
- ReadSpeeder
- First Aid for Free
- First Aid Web
- Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Please feel free to add more learning focused websites.
*There are a lot more learning websites out there, but I picked the ones that are, as far as I’m aware, completely free and in my opinion the best/ more useful.