Top 10 foreign educational resources for online learning

Top 10 foreign educational resources for online learning.

Today, not only educational institutions offer their educational programs and individual courses in online format, but experts from almost any field create their own online courses to share their knowledge with those who want to learn. 

Educational service providers must place their training content somewhere in order to receive their audience, their students. Therefore, there are currently so many platforms that are fully designed for online courses. Some focus on narrower specialized niches, while others offer courses in a wide variety of areas of activity.

Regardless of which direction you are interested in learning, you will almost certainly find a course relevant to you on the training resources listed below. There everyone will find something of their own: beginners, and who already has an advanced level of training.

1. Udemy

Udemy — online education site tops this list because it is an incredibly popular and valuable resource.  You can view more than 55,000 courses on various topics, as well as download the Udemy application to your mobile device to learn when you are on the road or traveling.

Udemy courses are not free, but their cost starts at just $ 12. If you are a specialist who wants to create and run his own course, then you can become an instructor and use the extensive Udemy user base to attract students.

2. Coursera

A popular educational platform representing online courses from the best universities in the world. Coursera collaborates with the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, the University of Michigan and others.

You can find more than 2,000 paid and free courses in more than 180 industries related to computer science, business, social sciences and many others. Coursera also has mobile applications so you can learn in your own rhythm.

3. Lynda

Lynda, owned by LinkedIn, is a popular educational portal for professionals who want to improve their skills and gain new skills related to business, creativity and technology. Popular categories: animation, audio, music, business, design, development, marketing, photography, video …

After registration, you get a 30-day free trial version, and the subsequent subscription cost per month — $20 at the tariff «Basic » or $30 at the tariff «Premium ». If you ever want to deactivate your membership and then return later, Lynda has the «reactivate » function, which restores all information about your account, including the entire history of training and achievements.

4. Open culture

The resource provides high-quality educational content from 1300 courses with more than 45,000 hours of free audio and video lectures.

Many courses available on Open Culture are offered by leading educational institutions from around the world, including Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley and others.

5. edx

Like Coursera, edX offers access to training programs from more than 90 leading universities around the world, including Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Berkeley, University of Maryland, University of Queensland and others. edX — is the sole leader of nonprofit MOOCs (mass open online courses).

Here you will find courses in computer science, languages, psychology, engineering, biology, marketing or any other field that interests you. Using edX, you can conduct additional training by studying in high school or earn bonuses for entering a university. At the end of the courses, you can get an official certificate from the institution, signed by the teacher.

6. Tuts +

Envato’s Tuts + for those who use creative technology in their activities. In addition to the extensive library of practical manuals available design courses, illustrations, code, web design, photos, video, business, music, audio, 3D animation and fashion graphics (a variety of animations).

Tuts + has more than 22,000 teaching aids and more than 870 video courses, with new courses added every week. Access to training content paid — $ 29 per month.

7. Udacity

Promoting the idea of affordable higher education worldwide, Udacity offers online courses that allow students to acquire the skills that are currently in demand by employers. Udacity claims to offer its education for a small portion of the cost of traditional learning.

This is a great learning platform if you plan to work in technological areas. With courses on Android, iOS, dentistry, development software and web development you can be sure to get access to the most modern education in these innovative areas that are relevant to modern technology companies and startups.

8. ALISON

ALISON is an online learning resource for 10 million students from around the world who offers free, high-quality courses, a variety of educational services and community support. Educational content is absolutely for everyone: who is looking for a new job, making a career, studying in college or doing business.

The resource offers over 800 free courses. After each stage of training, you can get a certificate and a diploma of the appropriate level, but for this you need to pass the exam and score at least 80% of the examination balls in order to move on.

9. Openlearn

OpenLearn is designed to provide users with free access to «Open University » (The Open University), which was originally launched back in the 90s in collaboration with the BBC (BBC, broadcasting organization). Today, OpenLearn offers both thematic and interactive training content in various formats.

You can choose free courses depending on their level (introductory, intermediate, etc.), activity, duration, format (audio or video), subject and other parameters.

10. Futurelearn

Like OpenLearn, FutureLearn is part of «Open University » and is another alternative by offering course programs from leading educational institutions and partners of the organization. Courses involve step-by-step training and can be studied on their own when accessing from a desktop computer or mobile device.

One of the real benefits of FutureLearn is its commitment to social learning, giving its students the opportunity to participate in discussions throughout the course. FutureLearn also offers complete programs that contain several courses for deeper learning.