The 100 Best Open Education Resources on the Web

Going back to school requires a lot of time, energy, money and dedication. Before you start applying, you’ll need to make absolutely sure that your graduate degree is in the right field. One of the best ways to do that is to experiment with the best online courses and other university resources that are all free and available to the public.

1. MIT Open Courseware: One of the most popular and most extensive open courseware collections online, MIT offers 1900 courses in nearly every subject.
2. University of Utah: Also known as U Moodle, the University of Utah has courses in art, English, economics, education, history and the sciences.
3. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health: Learn more about epidemics, refugee health, aging, the environment and more from the JHSPH open courseware site.
4. Kaplan University: Take classes in criminal justice, health sciences, IT, legal studies and more from educational pioneer Kaplan.
5. Michigan State University: Michigan State’s open courseware project offers course in international business, horse management, and planning and zoning.
6. Utah State: Take entry-level classes in the humanities, computer science, science and the arts.
7. Tufts Open Courseware: Tufts University allows the public to browse classes and lectures from their Schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Arts and Sciences, and more.
8. UC Berkeley: The webcast courses and events from UC Berkeley are offered in a range of subjects.
9. UMass Boston: The University of Massachusetts – Boston offers free, not-for-credit classes in everything from creative thinking to math to the performing arts to counseling and school psychology.
10. UC Irvine: Find classes primarily in math and computer science from UC Irvine’s open collection.
11. Notre Dame: Notre Dame’s classes in African American culture, English Latino Studies, Asian Studies, anthropology and Arabic and Middle East Studies make for a unique online collection.
12. Rice University: Connexions is Rice University’s extensive collection of searchable online education resources.
13. Utah Valley University: Public guests can create a free account to access courses in tax return preparation, driver education, biology, computer applications, and more.
14. Weber State University: The eduCommons site at Weber State provides education resources in the following subjects: automotive technology, criminal justice, English, health promotion, and IT.
15. Western Governors University: Find mainly entry level courses in geography, economics, history, language and communication, and the sciences.
16. Carnegie Mellon: Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative has courses, learning materials and activities in physics, logic and proofs, French, statistical reasoning, and other fields.
17. Columbia University: Columbia’s free seminar directory covers global affairs, education, business and economics, arts and humanities, science and nature, and more.
18. Harvard@Home: Watch webcasts of presentations, lectures and more.
19. University of Oxford: The Oxford Internet Institute holds webcasts of lectures at Oxford.
20. Princeton University: Find event streaming lectures, podcasts and more.
21. Yale University: YaleGlobal Online has a database of video clips on the economy, environment, society, trade, politics, and beyond.
22. Stanford: Access Stanford’s Humanities Center archive by playing videos, downloading podcasts, and listening to them on iTunes.
23. Georgetown Law: Georgetown’s Supreme Court Institute has opened up articles, reports and presentations for public access here.
24. University of Texas: UT’s World Lecture Hall lets the public browse free online course materials from all over the world