1,700 free online courses from top universities(openculture.com)
217 points by momentmaker 11 hours ago | 33 comments
tl;dr: Open Culture has compiled a directory of 1,700 free online courses from universities like Yale, MIT, Harvard, and Oxford, spanning humanities, sciences, languages, law, and the arts. Many are MOOCs from Coursera, edX, and FutureLearn—users can audit them for free, though certificates require paid fees (which generate affiliate commissions for the site). Notable offerings include Yale's Financial Markets with Robert Shiller, MIT's Principles of Microeconomics, Harvard's CopyrightX, and language courses in 40+ languages.
HN Discussion:
  • Coursera and similar platforms have progressively restricted free access, undermining the article's value proposition
  • The site has technical issues like excessive memory usage, broken textbook links, and CSS problems
  • The course directory's quality and curation are questionable, with non-university content and missing popular courses
  • Sharing additional learning resources like OpenStax for textbooks
  • ~Lamenting lost courses (Stanford iTunesU) that are no longer accessible anywhere