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Free Online Courses OpenCourseWare OpenCourseWare (OCW) are courses that have been created by post-secondary institutions and published for free on the internet: § Open Yale Courses: https://oyc.yale.edu/ § UMass Boston OpenCourseWare: http://ocw.umb.edu/index.html § MIT OpenCourseWare: https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm § UC Irvine OpenCourseWare: https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm § JHSPHOpen (Public Health Courses and Materials): https://ocw.jhsph.edu/ § Utah State OpenCourseWare: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/ocw/ § University of Michigan Open.Michigan: https://open.umich.edu/ Massive Open Online Course Providers Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are online courses that are open access and have unlimited participation. The following MOOC providers compile and host courses from various post-secondary institutions: § edX: https://www.edx.org/ § Class Central: https://www.classcentral.com/ § Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=free § Udacity: https://www.udacity.com/ § Alison: https://alison.com/ § Canvas: https://www.canvas.net/ § Open Learning: https://www.openlearning.com/ § Future Learn: https://www.futurelearn.com/ § Saylor Academy: https://www.saylor.org/ § Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/ § Kadenze: https://www.kadenze.com/courses § Academic Earth: https://academicearth.org/ MOOC Directories Search these MOOC directories to find providers, courses and OpenCourseWare: § MOOC List: https://www.mooc-list.com/ § MOOC Lab: https://www.mooclab.club/home/ § My MOOC: https://www.my-mooc.com/en/ www.mcgill.ca/caps 2020-05-07 .

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