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Learn something new for free.

Learn something new for free.

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TL;DR: A wide range of online courses from MIT are available for free on edX.


There have been a few opportunites to take online courses for free recently, and we’ve shouted about them. The thing is though, not all online courses are created equal. It’s all very well and good taking an online course from a respected professional, but it doesn’t quite match up to MIT.

As of Feb. 25, a wide range of online courses from MIT are available for free on edX. You can take comprehensive courses on everything from machine learning with Python to creating policies for science, technology, and innovation, without spending a penny. We don’t need to tell you how much of a great opportunity this is.

There are a lot of courses on offer, so we’ve tried to highlight a few to get you started. These are the best free online courses from MIT:

We know you don’t have a bunch of plans right now, so why not spend all of that free time taking an online course from MIT? 

All the best MIT courses that you can take online for free

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