Free Online Learning Due to Coronavirus — Class Central

In response to the pandemic and isolation measures put in place in most countries, course providers are offering learning content for free or at a heavily discounted price. On this page, Class Central keeps track of these offers.

We’ll update the list as new offers appear. As of June 1, we’ve spent over 35 hours maintaining this list. Each offer — whether found online, sent by a colleague, or shared by a reader — has been verified. When available, an expiry date was included.

If you know about more offers or notice an error in the list, please let us know in the comments.

And if you don’t find what you need here, have a look at Class Central’s catalog of over 50,000 online courses, or check out other thematic lists:

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Free Courses about COVID-19

As coronavirus spread, universities started launching free online courses about the pandemic. You can find the full course list here and a selection of courses below.

• Harvard: Mechanical Ventilation for COVID-19
• Stanford: CS472 Data science and AI for COVID-19
• Imperial: Science Matters: Let’s Talk About COVID-19
• Johns Hopkins: Fighting COVID-19 with Epidemiology
• Toronto: Mind Control: Managing Your Mental Health During COVID-19

Coursera

• [Added: April 8 – Expires: December 31] 115 Free Certificate Online Courses: Includes certificate courses from universities such as Duke, Caltech, and Georgia Tech. These normally cost about $50 each. Requires simple sign-up.

LinkedIn

• [Added: July 1 – Expires: March 31, 2021] 250+ Hours of LinkedIn Learning Free Content: Includes programs in software development, data analysis, and business. A subscription normally costs $30 per month. Requires simple sign-up.

FutureLearn

• [Added: April 8] 100 Free Certificate Courses: Includes courses from institutions such as King’s College, University of Edinburgh, and Monash University. These certificates normally cost $30 to $85 each. Requires simple sign-up.
• [Added: April 19] 35 Free Certificate Courses: Includes a wide variety of certificate courses from Australian universities. These certificates normally cost $30 to $85 each. Requires simple sign-up.

Skillshare

• [Added: April 8] 2-Month Free Trial: Includes 2,000+ online courses in tech, business, and art. A subscription normally costs $15 per month. Requires signing up with credit card or PayPal, so don’t forget to cancel in time.

Udemy

• [Added: April 8] 600+ Free Online Courses: Includes courses in tech, leadership, and language. Requires simple sign-up.

Great Learning

• [Added: May 9] 70+ Free Certificate Courses: Includes courses on a wide variety of subjects such as artificial intelligence, data science, programming, and marketing. Requires a phone number to sign up, but it’s not verified.

upGrad

• [Added: May 2] 19 Free Tech Programs: Includes programs in data science, programming, web development, and management. Requires simple sign-up.

Netflix

• [Added: April 27] 20+ Hours of Free Documentaries: Includes documentaries about nature, politics, society, and design. Doesn’t require sign-up.

Redis University

• [Added: April 24] 60+ Hours of Free Redis Courses: Includes courses from Redis fundamentals to how to pair Redis with Java or JavaScript to create full apps. These are always free, but only temporarily available. Requires simple sign-up.

openHPI

• [Added: April 27] 8 Free Certificate Courses: Includes courses on subjects such as computer science, data science, and blockchain. Almost all courses are in German. Requires simple sign-up.

SAP

• [Added: April 29] 200+ Free Tech Courses: Includes courses on SAP software, computer science, and technology in general. Requires simple sign-up.

SAS

• [Added: April 19] 1-Month Free Data Science Courses: Includes programs in AI and machine learning, data curation, and advanced analytics. These normally cost $1295 per year each. Requires simple sign-up.

PWYC.training

• [Added: May 2] 100+ Free Live Training Sessions: Includes short webinars on a wide variety of topics to upskill and reskill. These are offered on a “pay what you want” basis, so you may take them for free. Requires simple sign-up.

Microsoft

• [Added: June 20] Free Azure Training & Certification: Includes full-day webinars to learn Microsoft Azure basics as well as a voucher for a certification exam. The certification normally costs $100.

IBM

• [Added: April 11] 100+ Free IBM Training Courses: Includes courses about IBM’s Cloud and Watson platforms, and professional development in general. Requires simple sign-up.

Oracle

• [Added: April 10] Free Oracle Cloud and Databases Training: Offers 50+ hours worth of educational material for Oracle’s cloud infrastructure and autonomous databases. Requires simple sign-up.

Progate

• [Added: April 10] 15 Free Tech Short Online Courses: Includes hands-on courses covering notably Python, JavaScript, and SQL. A subscription normally costs $10 per month. Requires simple sign-up.

Product School

• [Added: April 13] 10+ Hours of Free Product Management Courses: Includes a course on digital products and another on career development. These normally cost $2000 and $1000 respectively. Requires simple sign up.

Project Management Institute (PMI)

• [Added: April 18] 10+ Hours of Project Management Courses: Includes various resources, most notably, free online courses. A subscription normally costs $129 per year. Requires simple sign-up. I couldn’t register with Chrome, but Firefox worked.

Young Screenwriters

• [Added: April 27] Free Screenwriting Course: Covers the fundamentals of screenwriting. The course normally costs $120. Requires simple sign-up.

Real Python

• [Added: April 13] 4 Free Python Short Courses: Includes courses covering notably functional programming and face detection in Python. A subscription normally costs $20 per month. Requires simple sign-up.

Makerdemy

• [Added: April 27] Free Raspberry Pi Course: Covers the fundamentals of Raspberry Pi through a couple of mini-projects. The course normally costs $95. Requires signing up and having a Raspberry Pi and some components on hand.

Creativebug

• [Added: April 22] 2-Month Free Trial: Includes 1000+ arts and crafts online classes. A subscription normally costs $8 per month. Requires signing up with a credit card or PayPal, so don’t forget to cancel in time.

Milk Street

• [Added: April 13] 10+ Free Cooking Classes: Includes access to online classes covering cooking fundamentals as well as specific recipes. A subscription normally costs $20 per year. Requires simple sign-up.

Packt

• [Added: April 10] Free Tech Workshops: Includes access to practical online courses covering notably Python, JavaScript, and PHP. Requires simple sign-up.

Annual Reviews

• [Added: April 20] Free Full Platform Access: Hosts a collection of journals dedicated to disciplines ranging from anthropology to virology. Doesn’t require sign-up.

JSTOR

• [Added: August 3 – Expires: December 31] Free Full Platform Access: Offers 26 journals dedicated to public health and a selection of 6000 free articles related to COVID-19. Requires simple sign-up.

Unity

• [Added: April 10] Free Full Platform Access: Offers 350+ hours worth of educational content about the Unity game engine. A subscription normally costs $15 per month. Requires simple sign-up. Update: Initially, the offer was supposed to last three months. But it’s now become permanently free.

Fortinet

• [Added: May 18 – Expires: December 31] 20+ Free Cybersecurity Courses: Cover topics such as public cloud security, enterprise firewalls, and user authentication. Requires simple sign-up.

Elastic

• [Added: April 24] 20-Hours of Free Elastic Courses: Includes a series of courses on various aspects of the Elastic Stack. These normally cost $200 each. Requires simple sign-up.

Lightbend

• [Added: May 13] Free Full Platform Access: Includes courses about reactive systems design and explores technologies such as Scala and Akka. Requires simple sign-up.

Osherove Bundle

• [Added: May 9] 11 Free Development Courses: Includes courses on various facets of software development such as unit testing and continuous delivery. Requires simple sign-up.

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Expired Offers

365 Data Science

• [Added: April 10 – Expired: April 15] Free Full Platform Access: Offers 100+ hours of video lessons to learn data science. A subscription normally costs $36 per month. Requires simple sign-up.

Vue Mastery

• [Added: April 10 – Expired: April 19] 1-Week Free Full Platform Access: Offers 20+ hours of video lessons to learn the JavaScript framework Vue.js. A subscription normally costs $19 per month. Requires simple sign-up.

LearnSQL.com

• [Added: April 10 – Expired: April 20] Free Full Platform Access: Offers 100+ hours worth of educational content to learn SQL. A subscription normally costs $39 per month. Requires simple sign-up.

Scribd

• [Added: April 15 – Expired: April 30] 1-Month Full Library Access: Includes millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines. A subscription normally costs $9 per month. Requires simple sign-up.

KelbyOne

• [Added: April 13 – Expired: April 30] 20+ Free Photography Short Courses: Includes courses in photography, Photoshop, and Lightroom. A subscription normally costs $10 per month. Requires simple sign-up.

Manning

• [Added: April 10 – Expired: April 30] 6 Free Tech E-Books: Includes e-books about Python, JavaScript, and HTML5 & CSS. These normally cost about $30 each. Requires simple sign-up.

The Linux Foundation

• [Added: April 20 – Expired: April 30] 500 Linux Training & Certification Scholarships: May lead to a free spot in one of the Linux Foundation’s training programs and certification exams. These normally cost between $300 and $3250. Requires submitting an application.

Humble Bundle

• [Added: April 15 – Expired: May 3] $1000 worth of AI & Machine Learning E-Books for $15: Includes e-books on all facets of artificial intelligence and machine learning. From $1 for 3 e-books to $15 for 19 e-books.
• [Added: May 5 – Expired: May 25] $700 worth of O’Reilly Programming E-Books for $15: Includes e-books on JavaScript, Java, Elasticsearch, and Hadoop. From $1 for 5 e-books to $14 for 15 e-books.
• [Added: May 26 – Expired: June 1] $375 worth of Python Programming E-Books for $13.5: Includes a wide variety of e-books on Python programming covering topics such as Python basics, game development, and cryptography. From $1 for 4 e-books to $13.5 for 13 e-books.

Penn State

• [Added: April 18 – Expired: May 10] 55 Free Online Courses: Includes courses about wildlife, farming practices, and business. Requires simple sign-up.

Udacity

• [Added: April 15 – Expired: May 10] 10,000 Cloud Scholarships: May lead to a free spot in Udacity’s upcoming Hybrid Cloud Nanodegree. Although not related to the pandemic, applications happen to be currently open. Requires signing up and submitting an application.
• [Added: June 11 – Expired: June 30] 300 Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Scholarships: May lead to a free spot in Udacity’s upcoming Machine Learning with Microsoft Azure Nanodegree. Nanodegrees normally cost $399 per month. Requires submitting an application and going through a selection process.
• [Added: April 15 – Expired: July 8] 1-Month Free Nanodegree: Includes programs in AI, programming, and autonomous systems. These normally cost $400 per month each. Requires signing up with credit card or PayPal, so don’t forget to cancel in time. Unfortunately only valid in the North America and Europe.
  ⚠️ Update (April 21): Several on our team have noticed that Udacity changed its cancellation process. Instead of a few clicks, cancelling now requires exchanging emails. Udacity state they might take several days to respond. So if you decide to use this offer, keep in mind that cancelling might not be straightforward.
• [Added: June 11 – Expired: July 31] 325 AWS Machine Learning Scholarships: May lead to a free spot in Udacity’s Machine Learning Nanodegree. Nanodegrees normally cost $399 per month. Requires submitting an application and going through a selection process.
• [Added: October 11 – Expired: November 16] 15,000 Bertelsmann Technology Scholarship: May lead to a free spot in a Udacity Nanodegree about Azure development, business analytics, or AI product management. Nanodegrees normally cost $399 per month. Requires submitting an application and going through a selection process.

Osmosis

• [Added: May 9 – Expired] 3-Week Free Platform Access: Includes resources on a wide variety of medical subjects. A subscription normally costs $200 per year. Requires simple sign-up.

Oracle

• [Added: April 10 – Expired: May 15] Free Oracle Cloud and Databases Certifications: Offers 6 certification exams for Oracle’s cloud infrastructure and autonomous databases. Most of these certifications normally cost $245. Requires simple sign-up.

Domestika

• [Added: April 13 – Expired: May 24] 20+ Free Creative Online Courses: Includes courses in drawing, photography, and design. These normally cost about $10 each. Doesn’t require sign-up.

Coding Blocks

• [Added: April 18 – Expired: May 21] 15+ Hours Free Competitive Programming Course: Covers various algorithms and coding competitions. The course normally costs $13. Requires simple sign-up.

Dataquest

• [Added: April 13 – Expired: May 27] 3-Month Data Analyst Scholarship: Includes access to the data analyst path in Python or R. A subscription normally costs $29 per month. Requires signing up and applying for a scholarship.

EduCode Academy

• [Added: April 24 – Expired: May 31] 2-Month Full Platform Access: Includes interactive courses to help kids, teens, and young adults learn how to program. A subscription normally costs about $15 per month. Requires simple sign-up.

XYZ Coding

• [Added: April 19 – Expired: June 1] 1-Month Free Trial: Includes courses to become a full-stack developer by learning about front-end, databases, Python, and Django. A subscription normally costs $10 per month. Requires signing up with credit card, so don’t forget to cancel in time.

Nikon

• [Added: April 8 – Expires: May 31] 10 Free Photography Short Online Courses: Includes courses on photography fundamentals from domain experts. These normally costs about $40 each. Requires simple sign-up.

BitDegree

• [Added: April 13 – Expired: May 31] 50+ Free Tech Online Courses: Includes gamified courses in programming, web development, and blockchain. These normally cost $10 to $15 each. Requires simple sign-up.

Google

• [Added: April 8 – Expired: May 31] 1-Month Free Trial to Google Cloud Training: Includes online courses via Coursera Specializations or Pluralsight Paths. Coursera Specializations, for instance, normally cost $49 per month. Requires simple sign-up.

PPA

• [Added: April 11 – Expires: May 31] 1000+ Free Photography Short Courses: Includes courses from photography fundamentals to how to build a photography business. A subscription normally costs about $15 per month. Requires simple sign-up.

Scitation

• [Added: April 20 – Expired: May 31] Free Full Platform Access: Hosts academic articles and journals published by the American Institute of Physics. Requires simple sign-up.

Autopsy

• [Added: April 10 – Expired: June 1] Free Intro to Autopsy (Digital Forensics Software): Includes 8 hours of video lessons. The course normally costs $495. Requires simple sign-up.

Coursera

• [Added: June 3 – Expired: June 12] 40+ Free Guide Projects: Includes projects in computer science, data science, and business. These normally cost about $10 each. Requires simple sign-up.

Fender

• [Added: April 18] Free Guitar Lessons: Includes guitar (acoustic or electric), bass, and ukulele video lessons. A subscription normally costs $10 per month. Requires simple sign-up. Unfortunately only valid in certain countries.

Virginia Wesleyan University

• [Added: June 23 – Expired: June 30] 10 Free Online Courses: Includes courses on web development fundamentals, management, and marketing. Requires simple sign-up.

JetBrains

• [Added: April 18 – Expired: June 30] 150+ Hours of Free Courses: Includes tracks for learning Java, Kotlin, Python, and web development. Requires simple sign-up. Although not related to the pandemic, the platform happens to temporarily be in free early access.

General Assembly

• [Added: May 2 – Expired: June 30] 20+ Free Live Workshops: Includes workshops to learn marketing, programming, and data science. These normally cost $60 to $200 each. Requires simple sign-up.

Tableau

• [Added: April 12 – Expired: June 30] 3-Month Free Tableau Training: Includes courses exploring all facets of the data science software Tableau. A subscription normally costs $15 per month. Requires simple sign up.

Atlassian

• [Added: May 24 – Expired: June 30] 1-Month Free Jira Training: Includes courses exploring all facets of the issue tracking software Jira. These normally cost about $300 each. Requires simple sign up.

Moz Academy

• [Added: April 11 – Expired: June 30] 25+ Free SEO Courses: Includes courses exploring all aspects of search engine optimization. These normally cost $50 to $200 each. Requires simple sign-up.

Producertech

• [Added: April 22 – Expired: June 30] 3-Month Free Trial: Includes 400+ hours of courses to learn music production. A subscription normally costs about $12 per month. Requires signing up with a credit card or PayPal, so don’t forget to cancel in time.

ACM Digital Library

• [Added: April 20 – Expired: June 30] Free Full Platform Access: Hosts articles, magazines and conference proceedings published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Doesn’t require sign-up.

Internet Archive

• [Added: April 15 – Expired: June 16] 1.3 Million E-Books with Instant Access: Includes a wide collection of digitized books with a focus on 20th century literature. Requires simple sign-up.

Calm

• [Added: May 9 – Expired: July 13] 3-Month Free Access: Includes audio-lesson on meditation, mindfulness, and relaxation. A subscription normally costs $70 per year. Requires simple sign-up.

Harvard Business Publishing

• [Added: May 26 – Expires: July 15] 10+ Hours of Management Training: Covers subjects such as crisis and change management, global collaboration, and stress mitigation. A subscription normally costs $125 per year. Requires simple sign-up.

Rosetta Stone

• [Added: April 10 – Expired: August 1] 3 Months of Free Language Learning: Includes languages such as English, Spanish, and French. A subscription normally costs $12 per month. Requires simple sign-up.

Dataquest

• [Added: July 23 – Expired: July 27] 1-Week Free Data Analyst Program: Covers introductory programming in R. A subscription normally costs $29 per month. Requires simple sign up.

Sophia

• [Added: June 29 – Expired: July 31] 30 Free Certificate Courses: Includes courses on a wide variety of subjects such as business, communication, and psychology. Requires simple sign-up.

App Brewery

• [Added: April 18 – Expired: August 9] 10+ Hours Free App Development Course: Covers app development in Flutter using the Dart programming language. The course normally costs $12. Requires simple sign-up.

Le Wagon

• [Added: May 13 – Expired: August 31] 20+ Hour Free Web Development Course: Covers the fundamentals of HTML and CSS, and walks you through each step of the creation of a website. Requires simple sign-up.

Cybrary

• [Added: July 18 – Expired: August 1] 9 Free Certificate Tech Courses: Includes courses on cybersecurity, Linux, and Microsoft fundamentals. A subscription normally costs $39 per month. Requires simple sign-up.

ICSI

• [Added: May 2 – Expired: August 31] Free Cybersecurity Program: Provides a holistic view of modern network security. The program normally costs about $600. Requires simple sign-up.

HomeSchoolPiano

• [Added: April 11 – Expired: August 31] 10+ Hours of Free Piano Lessons: Includes access to video lessons about piano fundamentals as well as live practice sessions. A subscription normally costs $17 per month. Requires simple sign-up.

Springer

• [Added: May 9 – Expired: August 31] 500+ Free E-Books: Includes e-books on subjects such as nature, machine learning, and data science. Doesn’t Requires sign-up.

Datacamp

• [Added: May 15 – Expires: September 9] 1-Week Free Full Access: Includes over 300 certificate courses exploring languages such as R and Python and diving into subjects such as machine learning and database management. A subscription normally costs $25 per month. Requires simple sign-up.

Pluralsight

• [Added: October 14 – Expired: October 18] 1-Week Free Full Platform Access: Includes courses in programming, machine learning, and cybersecurity. A subscription normally costs $29 per month. Requires simple sign-up.

Educative

• [Added: April 29] Front-End Development Scholarship: Covers the fundamentals of front-end web development, from HTML and CSS to JavaScript, through an interactive approach. This course series normally costs $117. Requires signing up and claiming a scholarship.
• [Added: June 21] 1000 Machine Learning Engineer Scholarship: Covers machine learning fundamentals as well as machine learning applications such as image recognition and natural language processing. This course series normally costs $199. Requires signing up and claiming a scholarship.

SolidSail

• [Added: April 18] 3-Hour Free React Course: Covers React development through a project-based approach. The course normally costs $199. Requires simple sign-up.

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