1,700 free online courses from top universities
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Open Culture lists 1,700 free online courses from universities like Yale, MIT, and Harvard.
The page aggregates 1,700 free online courses from top universities, covering humanities, social sciences, archaeology, architecture, art, classics, communication, design, and economics. Many are MOOCs from platforms like edX and Coursera, where auditing is free but certificates cost money; Open Culture may receive affiliate commissions for paid enrollments. Courses include "Pyramids of Giza" from Harvard, "Roman Architecture" from Yale, and "The Ancient Greek Hero" from Harvard.
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Several commenters noted that many courses now require payment for full access, with Coursera and edX behind paywalls. A commenter reported that Stanford's iTunesU courses were truncated when Apple dropped the platform, though they remain on archive.org. One user criticized excessive ads and said listings often link to samples rather than full courses. Others shared study tips from the book Make It Stick and pointed to OpenStax for free textbooks. A user flagged a CSS issue on the site.