Do you want to enhance your personal development? The best path to boost your productivity is to get involved in courses which can make your self-development on another level. You know for yourself that you haven’t improved yourself over the year and the upcoming new year is approaching within a month.
In this blog, I am going to share the best free learning platforms for self-development that can improve your soft skills and showcase your strength in a better way.
These courses are created by experts and trusted by thousands of people from different fields for improving their productivity.
- Coursera
Coursera is a global platform for online learning and career development that is accessible to anyone with online courses and degrees from leading universities and companies. It was founded in 2012. Coursera partners with top universities and organizations worldwide to provide high-quality educational content. For example – Harvard University, Stanford University, Duke University, Yale University , University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan etc. Coursera provides financial aid options for learners who cannot afford course fees and also get certificates. You can learn through coursera app or website.
You can learn more by following this link: https://www.coursera.org/
- Udemy
Udemy is a platforms for online courses that empowers you to grow professionally and personally.
It offers a variety of free courses covering a range of fields, including technology, business, personal development, and more. You should carefully review course descriptions. Once you’re in a category, you can use the filters on the left side of the page to specifically search for free courses. Some free courses may offer a certificate of completion by finishing the course.
Find out more by following this link: https://shorturl.at/kyFPZ
- MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a platform that provides free access to a lot of courses offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Here you learn a lot of courses and enrich your knowledge. But you need to remember that MIT doesn’t offer credit or certificates for using OCW.
You can also follow MIT’s youtube channel. Indeed, it’s a free platform so find your own courses for better productivity.
Learn more by going through the following link: https://ocw.mit.edu/
- Khan Academy
Khan Academy’s website aims to provide a free high-quality education to anyone, built on videos hosted on YouTube, Apps too. It offers practice exercises, instructional videos etc.
Their content has learners of all ages, from elementary school to college-level courses. They provide Mathematics, Science, Economics, test preparation, Computer Programming, Arts & Humanities, life skills etc.
Find out more by following this link: https://www.khanacademy.org/
- edX
edX is an online learning platform that offers more than 3,500 courses from top universities and organizations worldwide. It offers the highest quality online courses from institutions like MIT, Harvard, Boston University, Stanford etc. For the access of free courses on edX, you have to select a course, and choose the “Audit This Course” option during enrollment. While the audit track provides access to lectures and some content, you may need to pay if you desire a certificate of completion.
Learn more by going through the following link: https://www.edx.org/search
- Codecademy
Codecademy is an interactive online learning platform that focuses on coding and programming education. It was founded in 2011. It offers a lot of free courses. You can learn by interactive coding lessons, projects, and quizzes across a variety of programming languages, including Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and more.
Learn more by going through the following link: https://www.codecademy.com/
These platform collaborates with universities and institutions globally to provide a wide range of online courses with a lot of various subjects.
You have to look after that the courses are free to access, some may offer additional features or certificates for a fee. These certificates can be shared on resumes, CV or LinkedIn profiles, which will acknowledge your course completion. So these learning platforms will surely help you for self development.
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