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  • amgoalng
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    • August 31, 2012, 08:00:20 am
    • Gobuk, near Seosan, closer to Haemi
Good websites for online courses just to learn something new
« on: January 28, 2016, 01:46:25 pm »
I would like to take some history or language classes online, for fun.  I have heard of things like Coursera and futurelearn.com

Does any body know of anything else that is good?  What courses have you taken that you really enjoyed and why?



  • akplmn
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    • October 19, 2015, 01:52:10 pm
    • South Korea
Re: Good websites for online courses just to learn something new
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2016, 01:55:43 pm »
Coursera is phenomenal.  I've taken history courses, nutrition courses, international development courses, teaching professional development courses ... the quality will vary since the courses are coming from a myriad of different institutions, but they're all quite good.  You can involve yourself heavily in the course - doing all the assignments and participating in conversation boards - or you can simply audit the courses.  You can also download the video lectures so that you can revisit the things you learned at a later date.  I don't think they have any language courses, but they do have courses offered in other languages if you're simply trying to maintain or improve a language you've already learned.  And it's free, so there's no reason not to try enrolling in something that catches your eye.


  • nhkm1990
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    • August 26, 2012, 03:08:59 am
    • Cheongju
Re: Good websites for online courses just to learn something new
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2016, 02:14:06 pm »
I bought some courses from UDEMY
And I use Khans Academy for a refresher.

First is paid,
Second is free


  • Paul
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    • September 21, 2010, 10:28:58 pm
    • Seoul
Re: Good websites for online courses just to learn something new
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2016, 02:30:47 pm »
...participating in conversation boards...

Oh man, I love Coursera but the quality of the conversation boards is largely abysmal. Now, it does work well for programming courses where people just post problems and solutions, but as soon as you're looking at anything vaguely liberal arts related it hits Waygook when it had a 5 post minimum to download level of discourse. Nothing offensive, but just inspid post after insipid post of people talking at one another with utterly nothing to say. Avoid any course that has mandatory discussions; its a serious red light that the course was haphazardly slapped together and a complete waste of your time.

Incidentally, if you've ever considered learning some basic coding, RICE's Python course is phenomenally well put together.
More primary school colours and shapes activity ideas and resources than you'd ever need - here
Holy free educational fonts Batman!


Re: Good websites for online courses just to learn something new
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2016, 02:59:55 pm »
If you're looking to learn new skills, and not worried about certs etc, then lynda.com is a great choice.


  • Mezoti97
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    • April 14, 2011, 03:02:50 pm
    • South Korea
Re: Good websites for online courses just to learn something new
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2016, 04:35:21 pm »

And I use Khans Academy for a refresher.


Yes, I second Khan's Academy.


Re: Good websites for online courses just to learn something new
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2016, 07:51:57 am »
MIT has a lot of their courses and materials available for free online: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/index.htm


  • Hodlpu
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    • May 06, 2015, 07:47:32 pm
    • Geoje, South Korea
Re: Good websites for online courses just to learn something new
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2016, 11:09:23 am »
edx is great as well for various courses.  It's backed by different universities.

https://www.edx.org/