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Updated March 11, 2026 • 19 sources • free links only
Section 1
Open catalogs
4 sources
Public catalogs and filtered free archives that you can browse directly.
Open catalog
UC Irvine Open
These links mirror the first visible titled course entries on UC Irvine Open's course list. UCI currently exposes 86 internal course pages across 18 top-level sections.
First visible course links
Archive
Stanford Engineering Everywhere
These listings mirror all current course pages on Stanford Engineering Everywhere. Stanford says the SEE pilot has ended, so this is a stable free archive.
Introduction to Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Linear Systems and Optimization
Logic
Filtered free-only
Carnegie Mellon OLI: Open & Free
These listings come from Carnegie Mellon OLI's official open-free archive. Variable-price or mixed-access cards were excluded so this section stays free-only.
Selected open and free courses
Short-course catalog
OpenLearn
These listings mirror the first visible cards on OpenLearn's full catalogue. The live results counter currently shows 932 items, and the catalog skews broader and shorter-form than the semester-style libraries below.
First visible cards in the default newest view
- Exploring critical social work practice
- Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online
- Machine translation in language learning and teaching
- An introduction to artificial intelligence
- Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
- Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Section 2
edX schools
2 sources
School pages with visible course cards and program listings.
edX school page
HarvardX on edX
These lists mirror the first visible course and program cards on the HarvardX school page. edX currently shows 159 courses and 27 programs there in total.
Visible course cards
- CS50's Introduction to Computer Science
- CS50's Introduction to Programming with Python
- Remote Work Revolution for Everyone
- CS50's Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python
- CS50's Introduction to Cybersecurity
- Machine Learning and AI with Python
- Introduction to Data Science with Python
- Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 1: The Electrical Properties of the Neuron
Visible program cards
edX school page
BrownX on edX
These listings mirror the BrownX course cards currently published on the BrownX school page. edX currently shows five BrownX course cards there and no separate program cards.
Current course cards
Section 3
Course libraries
2 sources
Long-form libraries with the deeper lists collapsed by default.
Full course library
Yale Open Courses
These listings mirror the courses currently published on Yale Open Courses. Yale notes that Introduction To Classical Music and Moral Foundations of Political Philosophy were recently removed from this catalog and moved to Coursera.
African American Studies
American Studies
Astronomy
Biomedical Engineering
Chemistry
Classics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Economics
Show the remaining 14 Yale departments
English
Environmental Studies
Geology and Geophysics
History
- HIST 116 The American Revolution
- HIST 119 The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877
- HIST 210 The Early Middle Ages, 284–1000
- HIST 202 European Civilization, 1648-1945
- HIST 234 Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600
- HIST 251 Early Modern England: Politics, Religion, and Society under the Tudors and Stuarts
- HIST 276 France Since 1871
History of Art
Italian Language and Literature
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Religious Studies
Sociology
Spanish and Portuguese
Full course library
MIT Open Learning Library
These listings mirror the courses currently included on MIT OpenCourseWare's Open Learning Library page. MIT currently exposes 21 offerings spanning business, engineering, science, teaching, and other open course areas.
Engineering
Science
Teaching and Education
Show the remaining 4 MIT subject areas
Business
- RES.11-550 Leveraging Urban Mobility Disruptions to Create Better Cities
- 11.405 Just Money: Banking as if Society Mattered
- RES.SolveX Business and Impact Planning for Social Enterprises (0.SolveX)
- 15.480x The Science and Business of Biotechnology
- RES.15-005 Healthcare Finance (15.482x)
- HST.953 Collaborative Data Science for Healthcare
Mathematics
Fine Arts
Social Science
Section 4
Textbooks & notes
8 sources
Open textbook libraries, browser-based labs, and note-taking guides.
Textbooks & notes
Open textbooks, notebook labs, and note-taking
These free resources add full textbook libraries, browser-based lab work, and public note-taking guides without paywalls.
Open textbook libraries
Notebook labs and interactive materials
Study notes and note-taking guides
Section 5
GED prep
3 sources
Direct GED study plus subject refreshers.
GED prep
USAHello, Khan Academy, and HippoCampus
These free options cover direct GED prep plus public subject pages for math, language arts, science, and social studies review.