FREE OR LOW COST ONLINE EDUCATION

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.

Discounts and Coupons, Etc.

It's possible to get discounts for various reasons:

• You are a senior citizen (age limit varies).
• You are a student.
• You are a kid under 12.
• You are disabled.
• You are a member of the armed forces or are a veteran.
• You work in law enforcement.
• You work in the medical area.
• You work for the federal, state or municipal government.
• From your employer.
• You are a member of AARP, AAA, VACU or various other organizations.
• You are a member of a certain church or temple.
• You are buying in bulk or as a group.
• And these are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head!
• Look around, Google and find other discounts.
• Please let us know by posting a comment on this blog!