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Are you a person who cannot stop studying? Do you enjoy the process of getting new information but do not want to pay for it lots of money? We get it \u2013 no one does. Consider online education \u2013 it is extremely popular nowadays because all you have to do is wake up, make some tea, open your laptop, and be ready to obtain the knowledge. Nevertheless, not all the online education is free. However, we found ten best sites for free online education \u2013 if you want to find them out, then keep on reading!<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 \u00a0Oyc.yale.edu<\/a><\/h2>\n

Open Yale Courses<\/a> are an online education platform that allows anyone who wants to study a wide range of topics. First, you have to visit the section \u201cCourses,\u201d then \u2013 choose the needed department. Here, you do not know where to look first: American studies, Chemistry, Italian Language and Literature, etc. You then choose the course title. The website offers video, audio, and reading materials as well as exams and problem sets.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0 Free-ed.net<\/a><\/h2>\n

This website is not that rich with materials, however, it does contain some. The website immediately offers the learning topics \u2013 after pressing the one you like, you get the subtopic. We tried Arts and Humanities -> Humanities -> Literature -> Poetry. However, some materials were from Wikipedia (which is free as well), we found some amazing videos on the famous poets. Free-ed.net would be a good choice if you are looking for the free online courses.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0 oeconsortium.org<\/a><\/h2>\n

This website could be called one of the best online learning platforms if the navigation were easier to understand. Unfortunately, after you press \u201cCourses,\u201d everything becomes blurred for the user. We tried to find the materials for the course \u201cReading Poetry,\u201d and we managed to do that only after a while. The videos offered were super informative, however, the website is absolutely not user-friendly.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0 www.edx.org<\/a><\/h2>\n

This website is one of those free online courses with certificates: you visit the website, register quickly, press \u201cCourses\u201d, choose the subtopic, and watch the educational videos. However, to receive the certificate with your name on it, you have to pay $50. If you are not fussed about the certificate, this website is perfect for you.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0 alison.com<\/a><\/h2>\n

This is one of the educational websites that does not give you an opportunity to choose the subtopic from the topic \u2013 you have a huge variety of themes like \u201cBasic English for Business and Tourism\u201d on the huge amount of pages. You have to scroll until you find something worthy. The good thing: the topics are indeed varied; the bad thing is there are too many ads.<\/p>\n

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6.\u00a0\u00a0 khanacademy.org<\/a><\/h2>\n

This platform is super easy to use \u2013 no registration, no additional fees, no nothing. We could found what we needed quickly. However, the minuses are still present: the variety of topics is not the best, and the materials seem short. If you open a video file, it will last not more than 6 minutes; if you open the document file, its length will be not more than five paragraphs.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0 learner.org<\/a><\/h2>\n

This website was easy to use, and it offers a variety of disciplines to learn. You do not have to register to get access to the materials. All you have to do is choose the discipline that you like, define the subtopic, and plunge into the world of education. The website offers a huge amount of videos as a material \u2013 they are much more interesting to watch, rather than read.<\/p>\n

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8.\u00a0\u00a0 openculture.com<\/a><\/h2>\n

This website<\/a> has a massive base of materials on the different topics: from Roman Architecture to Financial Theory. The majority of courses provide video materials which is a good thing: the videos seem up-to-date and pretty long. Some of materials are audio and when you are choosing one, you might be redirected to iTunes.<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00a0 gcflearnfree.org<\/a><\/h2>\n

This website<\/a> has amazed us with the quality of its content. We chose Free Excel 2016 Course and were super surprised how the materials are organized: you have both the video and the reading materials. The reading part contains a huge number of pictures so that you understand better what you learn. Amazing!<\/p>\n

10. ocw.mit.edu<\/a><\/h2>\n

This website<\/a> would amaze people who are interested in technology \u2013 you will never find any arts or languages here. It does not have the most amazing navigation, but we still managed to find the video materials for the Introduction to Algorithms and stayed satisfied.<\/p>\n

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