The Great Free Online Courses Hunt (merged)

redfox

The Open University has just started offering hundreds of new free courses.

Why study a free course on OpenLearn?
Our courses have been proven to increase confidence and develop the skills needed to enter Higher Education and succeed with learning.

You can choose an OpenLearn course from a wide range of subjects. Some are based on Open University course materials. Others are written specifically for OpenLearn.

Check out the full details here:

http://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses/full-catalogue

epm-84

Inspired by the Duke of Edinburgh award the Duke of York's Inspiring Digital Enterprise award is designed to inspire anyone to pick up new skills and have fun while they learn. It's free to take part - currently only the Bronze version has been launched with the Silver version to follow in 2018.

Sign up link: http://idea.org.uk

Tonijr

I checked out the link you put up and this course is not free - it is £49.99. I have no problem paying for it, and that is not expensive, but it certainly isn't free. Very misleading.

evvkas wrote: »

Website seems pretty legit, haven't actually tried it out myself, but I signed up and received an email saying I can start week 1 and planning to start next week

This course is from Quentin Pain, the founder of Accountz.com

All you need to do is sign up by giving your name and email address, you should then receive an email to confirm your subscription.

suki1964

Tonijr wrote: »

I checked out the link you put up and this course is not free - it is £49.99. I have no problem paying for it, and that is not expensive, but it certainly isn't free. Very misleading.

evvkas wrote: »

Website seems pretty legit, haven't actually tried it out myself, but I signed up and received an email saying I can start week 1 and planning to start next week

This course is from Quentin Pain, the founder of Accountz.com

All you need to do is sign up by giving your name and email address, you should then receive an email to confirm your subscription.

Maybe it was free back in 2013 when the op posted and others took up the offer?

sarah1972

Tonijr wrote: »

I checked out the link you put up and this course is not free - it is £49.99. I have no problem paying for it, and that is not expensive, but it certainly isn't free. Very misleading.

evvkas wrote: »

Website seems pretty legit, haven't actually tried it out myself, but I signed up and received an email saying I can start week 1 and planning to start next week

This course is from Quentin Pain, the founder of Accountz.com

All you need to do is sign up by giving your name and email address, you should then receive an email to confirm your subscription.

This post is from 2012 so is now 6 years old. It was free back then but unfortunately isn't now.

pompom11

This site has a sign up for 2 free courses, one's an organisation on and the other is about making extra money.

They are both aimed at teachers but there are some bits in the extra money one that might be useful to others.

ateachersjournal . weebly . com / courses-and-resources

clayfoster

Hello guys n galls!

I've noticed that BitDegree is offering a lot of Udemy-like free online courses and I think it's amazing opportunity for everyone who wants to develop their skills.

I personally have spent quite a lot of money on various online courses and there were times when the co

soolin

There are some interesting courses available for free:

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses/full-catalogue#

sarah1972

As there are lots of expired links and duplications, a new thread has been made here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5960710/the-great-free-online-courses-hunt-updated-february-2019

Thanks to all the original posters, if I have missed any on the new thread, please let me know and I will amend.

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