Online Education and Training

Free Online Learning Sites 

• Alison: A global online learning community filled with free, high-quality online education resources to help you develop essential, certified workplace skills 
• Reed: 1000’s of free courses 
• Coursera: An education platform that partners with top universities and organizations worldwide, to offer online courses for everyone 
• MOOC List: Free online courses in a wide range of categories and subjects 
• Khanacademy: A non-profit with the mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere 
• Harvard Online Learning:  A variety of free learning courses that have been pulled together from professors, centers, schools, libraries and initiatives across the Harvard campus 
• 450 Ivy League Courses: Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Columbia universities, and the University of Pennsylvania now offer free online courses across multiple online course platforms 
• Yale Open University: Free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University 
• Open University: More than 1000 free courses available through OpenLearn 
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT Open Courseware offers 2,400 courses online free of charge 
• GALE Courses: Through the Shortgrass Public Library (with a library card)  
• Learn Anything!: A selection of more than 1,500 free online courses, from archaeology and architecture to law and literature to physics and psychology 
• Excel Learning: Free Excel guides & tutorials teach you the concepts, tips and tricks that you need to succeed at your work 

Fee Based Online Learning 

• Reed: 1000’s of online courses at unbeatable prices 
•  iTunesU: Accessible with an Apple ID 
• edx: Access 2500+ online courses from 140 top institutions   
• Futurelearn: Get access to high quality learning wherever you are, with online courses, programs and degrees created by leading universities, business schools and specialist organisations 
• Ed2Go: Medicine Hat College offers online training in all areas 
• Udacity: The world’s fastest, most efficient way to master the skills tech companies want, 100% online, part-time & self-paced 
• Udemy: Study any topic, anytime; explore thousands of courses starting at CA$16.99 each 

Accredited Online Learning Institutions 

• Canadian Virtual University Consortium: CVU-UVC is an association of Canada's leading universities specializing in online and distance education; visit their site to find a list of popular online university-level programs 
• Complete University Guide (UK MOOC's): MOOCs offer university-level courses without the need to complete an entire programme of studies, and are becoming increasingly popular