50+ Online Courses That Can Pump Up Your Skills for Free

Whether you are a stay home mom or a grad student trying to make up your mind about what to do with your life, the possibilities for you are limitless nowadays. From expanding your hobby list to starting your own business, the internet is the place to go for information. By simply having a computer and internet access, you can now do any of these things from your sofa.

Personal Development

Bright Side has always been supportive of the creative and restless minds out there. This selection is dedicated to your next big accomplishment and it’s our way of telling you that the right time to start something new is now! Especially when it’s free.

• A Life of Happiness and Fulfilment offered by ISB
• Being a Teacher offered by Commonwealth Education Trust
• De-mystifying Mindfulness offered by Universiteit Leiden
• Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing offered by Yale
• How to Make a Successful Presentation offered by the University of Colorado
• How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper offered by Ecole Polytechnique
• Teach English Now! offered by ASU, Arizona State University
• Writing Winning Resumes and Cover Letters offered by the University of Maryland
• Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity offered by UCI, Division of Continuing Education

Arts & Crafts

• Art History offered by Khan Academy
• Cameras, Exposure, and Photography offered by Michigan State University
• Fashion as Design offered by MoMA
• Fundamentals of Graphic Design offered by CalARTS
• How to Make Comic Books offered by HTH, Graduate School of Education
• Image and Video Processing: From Hollywood to Mars offered by Duke University
• Introduction to Digital Photography offered by Alison
• Knitting Instructions: Learn How to Knit offered by Instructables
• Making Architecture offered by IE School of Architecture and Design
• Museum Teaching Strategies for Your Classroom offered by MoMA
• Roman Architecture offered by Yale
• Seeing Through Photographs offered by MoMA

Business & Finance

• Economics of Money and Banking offered by Columbia University
• Excel Skills for Business: Essentials offered by Macquarie University
• Finance and Capital Markets offered by Khan Academy
• From Idea to Start-up offered by Technion
• Introduction to Social Media Analytics offered by Emory University
• Macroeconomics & Microeconomics offered by Khan Academy
• Management of Fashion and Luxury Companies & Food and Beverage Companies offered by Bocconi
• Marketing in a Digital World offered by the University of Illinois

Computing

• AI (Artificial Technology) for Everyone offered by deeplearning.ai
• Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies offered by Princeton University
• Build Your Android App offered by Centrale Supelec
• Creating Webpages offered by Khan Academy
• Computer Programming offered by Khan Academy
• Cybersecurity and Its Ten Domains offered by Coursera
• How To Create a Website in a Weekend! offered by SUNY, The State University of New York
• Internet History, Technology, and Security offered by the University of Michigan
• Journey Into Cryptography offered by Khan Academy
• Programming for Everyone (Getting Started With Python) offered by the University of Michigan

Creative Writing & Literature

• Creative Writing: Plot — Characters — Setting and Description — Style offered by Wesleyan University
• Learn How to Read Faster offered by Speeder
• Script Writing: Write a Pilot Episode for a TV or Web Series offered by Michigan State University
• Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop offered by CalARTS
• Start Writing Fiction offered by The Open University
• What Is Poetry? An Introduction to Literary Analysis offered by the University of Newcastle Australia
• Writing About Ourselves offered by Wesleyan University
• Writing for Young Readers: Opening the Treasure Chest offered by Commonwealth Education Trust

Health & Psychology

• Child Nutrition and Cooking offered by Stanford University
• Designing Your Personal Weight Loss Plan offered by Case Western Reserve University
• Human Anatomy and Physiology offered by Khan Academy
• Introduction To Models of Consumer Behavior offered by Alison
• Learn Yoga offered by YOME
• Psychology, Biology, and Behavior offered by Alison
• The Arts and Science of Relationships offered by the University of Toronto
• The Science of Exercise offered by the University of Colorado
• Vital Signs: Understanding What the Body Is Telling Us offered by the University of Pennsylvania

History & Humanities

• Ancient Philosophy: Plato & His Predecessors offered by the University of Pennsylvania
• Greek and Roman Mythology offered by the University of Pennsylvania
• Introduction to Ancient Egypt and Its Civilization offered by the University of Pennsylvania
• Philosophy, Science and Religion: Science and Philosophy offered by the University of Edinburgh
• The Modern World, Part One: Global History from 1760 to 1910 & Part Two: Global History since 1910 offered by the University of Virginia
• World History offered by Khan Academy

Animals

• Animal Behaviour and Welfare offered by the University of Edinburgh
• Dog Emotion and Cognition offered by Duke University
• EDIVET: Do You Have What It Takes to Become a Veterinarian? offered by the University of Edinburg
• Paleontology: Theropod Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds offered by the University of Alberta
• The Horse Course: Introduction to Basic Care and Management offered by the University of Florida
• The Truth About Cats and Dogs offered by the University of Edinburgh

Language Learning

• English for Business and Entrepreneurship offered by the University of Pennsylvania
• Chinese for Beginners offered by Peking University
• English Grammar and Punctuation offered by UCI, Division of Continuing Education
• English for Journalism offered by the University of Pennsylvania
• First Step Korean offered by Yonsei University
• Introduction to Dutch offered by the University of Groningen
• Introduction to Italian offered by UniStraSi
• Introduction to Norwegian offered by the University of Oslo
• Learn French, German, Japanese, Italian, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek, Irish, Hebrew, Polish, Norwegian, High Valyrian, Vietnamese, Danish, Hindi, Romanian, Swahili, Esperanto, Hungarian, Hawaiian, Indonesian, Navajo offered by Duolingo
• Learn Klingon Online offered by Duolingo
• Teach English Now! offered by ASU, Arizona State University

Law

• A Law Student’s Toolkit offered by Yale
• An Introduction to Law and Economics offered by Wesleyan University
• An Introduction to American Law offered by the University of Pennsylvania
• Defending Dignity: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights offered by Amnesty International
• Introduction to English Common Law offered by the University of London

Mathematics

• Geometry offered by Khan Academy
• Linear Algebra offered by Khan Academy
• Statistics and Probability by Khan Academy

Music

• Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas offered by the Curtis Institute of Music
• Fundamentals of Music Theory offered by the University of Edinburgh
• Guitar for Beginners offered by Berklee, College of Music
• Learn Jazz Piano: I: Begin with the Blues offered by Goldsmiths University of London
• Songwriting: Writing the Lyrics offered by Berklee, College of Music
• The Art of Music Production offered by Berklee, College of Music

Science & Engineering

• Bioinformatics for Beginners: Biology Meets Programming offered by UC San Diego
• Biology, Chemistry, and Physics offered by Khan Academy
• Climate Change offered by the University of Cape Town
• Cosmology and Astronomy offered by Khan Academy
• From the Big Bang Theory to Dark Matter offered by the University of Tokyo
• Exploring Planet Earth, Its Systems and Resources offered by Alison
• Introduction to Electrical Engineering offered by Khan Academy
• Robotics: Aerial Robotics offered by the University of Pennsylvania

Have you ever tried online learning? Share your experience with us and let us know which courses you’ve tried so that we can add them too. We’d love to hear about your achievements. If you haven’t done it yet, which ones from our list do you find interesting? And remember that it’s never too late to learn.