Below are some links to some online education sites. Only one is totally free but most have discounts & compared to traditional college & university costs they are cheap!
https://www.udemy.com
Sign up for their newsletter & get a 50% coupon for one course!
http://www.shawacademy.com/
Not cheap but Living Social & Groupon feature discount vouchers that can make these courses very inexpensive.
http://skillcrush.com/
Not cheap but not expensive for what you get. As you learn they coach you & give you leads so you can make money from your budding skills as you learn! All courses are IT related.
https://www.mooc-list.com/
List of free Massive Online Only Courses.
https://www.khanacademy.org/
Free courses! These are aimed at secondary schoolers but many of us (including moi!) need to refresh our basics or even learn/update a few new things. And for free, why not?
http://www.openculture.com/
Links to free e-books, free textbooks, free online courses & more!
https://teamtreehouse.com/
Treehouse is an online educational venue for coding, design and related business courses. You get two weeks free to try them out. The fees are quite reasonable: $25.00 a month for the regular plan or $49.00 for the Pro Plan. Most people would need only the regular plan, especially when they first sign on.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
HOW TO GET FREE OR CHEAP E-BOOKS & KINDLES
Want to read free or very low cost e-books?
Try some of these sites:
Free Kindles Today
(Free Kindle books that are oriented towards online business and self-help)
Buck Books
(e-books for a buck. Usually has at least one freebie per day.)
Book Bub
(free and cheap e-books. Never over $2.99)
Free Computer/Tech Books
Open Culture
(Free E-books, e-textbooks, movies and more)
Forgotten Books
(1 free book download per day. You can download as many as you want with a paid subscription. Read for free online.)
Google Books
(some free, some not)
Project Gutenberg
Amazon
(search for free Kindles in the Kindle shop)
OverDrive
(Borrow e-books, etc. from your public library if you have a library card.)
Digital Books Today
(Lists the top 100 Free e-books)
Try some of these sites:
Free Kindles Today
(Free Kindle books that are oriented towards online business and self-help)
Buck Books
(e-books for a buck. Usually has at least one freebie per day.)
Book Bub
(free and cheap e-books. Never over $2.99)
Free Computer/Tech Books
Open Culture
(Free E-books, e-textbooks, movies and more)
Forgotten Books
(1 free book download per day. You can download as many as you want with a paid subscription. Read for free online.)
Google Books
(some free, some not)
Project Gutenberg
Amazon
(search for free Kindles in the Kindle shop)
OverDrive
(Borrow e-books, etc. from your public library if you have a library card.)
Digital Books Today
(Lists the top 100 Free e-books)
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