Online learning platforms like Coursera, edX, and FutureLearn are increasing access to high-quality education for anyone with a computer and internet access. The sites' free and low-priced courses are taught by instructors from the best universities and academic institutions around the world, so anyone can advance their education, pursue new professional goals.

You can browse unlimited free online courses from schools like Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Duke, and others, pay a fee to earn a certificate of completion the courses.

• Coursera is an online learning platform with thousands of free courses as well as professional certificate and degree programs.

• edX is a non-profit, massive open online course (MOOC) provider founded by Harvard and MIT.

• FutureLearn has hundreds of online courses from top universities like Johns Hopkins and the University of Michigan, most of them free

Here we rounded up the Coursera, edX, and FutureLearn courses from some of the top schools so you can skip directly to your favorite university or browse all that each has to offer.

Princeton University

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• Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies, 11 weeks, available on Coursera

• Algorithms, Part 1, 6 weeks, available on Coursera

• Buddhism and Modern Psychology, 6 weeks, available on Coursera

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• Making Government Work in Hard Places, 8 weeks, available on edX

• The Art of Structural Engineering: Bridges, 8 weeks, available on edX

• Global History of Capitalism, 6 weeks, available on edX

Harvard University

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• CS50's Computer Science for Business Professionals, 6 weeks, available on edX

• Science & Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science, 16 weeks, available on edX

• Masterpieces of World Literature, 12 weeks, available on edX

• The Opioid Crisis in America, 10 weeks, available on edX

• Contract Law: From Trust to Promise to Contract, 8 weeks, available on edX

Columbia University

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• Construction Management Specialization, 5 months, available on Coursera

• The Age of Sustainable Development, 14 weeks, available on Coursera

• Financial Engineering and Risk Management Part I, 8 weeks, available on Coursera

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• Statistical Thinking for Data Science and Analytics, 5 weeks, available on edX

• Artificial Intelligence (AI), 12 weeks, available on edX

• Introduction to Corporate Finance, 4 weeks, available on edX

MIT

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• Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science, 9 weeks, available on edX

• Just Money: Banking as if Society Mattered, 16 weeks, available on edX*

• Supply Chain Analytics, 15 weeks, available on edX

• Design Thinking for Leading and Learning, 6 weeks, available on edX*

• Circuits and Electronics 1: Basic Circuit Analysis, 5 weeks, available on edX

Yale University

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• The Science of Well-Being, 10 weeks, available on Coursera

• Introduction to Negotiation, 9 weeks, available on Coursera

• The Global Financial Crisis, 11 weeks, available on Coursera

• Essentials of Global Health, 10 weeks, available on Coursera

Stanford University

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• Machine Learning, 11 weeks, available on Coursera

• Algorithms Specialization, 4 months, available on Coursera

• Organizational Analysis, 11 weeks, available on Coursera

• International Women's Health and Human Rights, 10 weeks

• Child Nutrition and Cooking, 5 weeks, available on Coursera

• Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis, 8 weeks, available on Coursera

The University of Chicago

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• Critical Issues in Urban Education, 10 weeks, available on Coursera

• Understanding the Brain: The Neurobiology of Everyday Life, 10 weeks, available on Coursera

• Internet Giants: The Law and Economics of Media Platforms, 9 weeks, available on Coursera

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• Modeling Climate Change, 4 weeks, available on edX*

• Critical Issues in Urban Education, 4 weeks, available on edX*

The University of Pennsylvania

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• Business Foundations Specialization, 7 months, available on Coursera

• Viral Marketing and How to Craft Contagious Content, 4 hours, available on Coursera

• Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society, 6 weeks, available on Coursera

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• Programming for the Web with JavaScript, 4 weeks, available on edX

• Intellectual Property Law and Policy: Part 1, 6 weeks, available on edX

• Hollywood: History, Industry, Art, 4 weeks, available on edX

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

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• The Science of the Solar System, 10 weeks, available on Coursera here

• Getting Started in cryo-EM, 8 weeks, available on Coursera here

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• The Evolving Universe, 4 weeks, available on edX here

• Principles of Economics with Calculus, 10 weeks, available on edX here

Johns Hopkins University

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• Mastering Software Development in R Specialization, 6 months, available on Coursera

• Systems Thinking In Public Health, 4 weeks, available on Coursera

• Major Depression in the Population: A Public Health Approach, 6 weeks, available on Coursera

• Health for All Through Primary Health Care, 5 weeks, available on Coursera

• Toxicology 21: Scientific Applications, 6 weeks, available on Coursera

Browse all courses from Johns Hopkins University on FutureLearn here

• COVID-19: Effective Nursing in Times of Crisis, 2 weeks, available on FutureLearn

• Planning and Managing Global Health Programmes: Promoting Quality, Accountability, and Equity, 5 weeks, available on FutureLearn

• The Monday Campaigns: Lessons in Public Health Promotion, 6 weeks, available on FutureLearn

Northwestern University

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• Content Strategy for Professionals Specialization, 4 months, available on Coursera

• Social Media Marketing Specialization, 7 months, available on Coursera

• Career 911: Your Future Job in Medicine and Healthcare, 9 weeks, available on Coursera

• Scaling Operations: Linking Strategy and Execution, 5 weeks, available on Coursera

• Modern Robotics, Course 1: Foundations of Robot Motion, 4 weeks, available on Coursera

Duke University

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• Excel to MySQL: Analytic Techniques for Business Specialization, 7 months, available on Coursera

• Behavioral Finance, 5 hours, available on Coursera

• Think Again IV: How to Avoid Fallacies, 4 weeks, available on Coursera

• Dog Emotion and Cognition, 8 weeks, available on Coursera

• Sports and Society, 7 weeks, available on Coursera

source: https://www.businessinsider.com/free-online-courses-from-best-colleges