Khan Academy offers free world-class education for anyone, anywhere with thousands of interactive lessons.

Coursera partners with universities to offer free audit tracks on thousands of courses.

edX provides university-level courses from MIT, Harvard, and more with free audit options.

MIT OCW publishes virtually all MIT course content for free self-paced learning.

Codecademy teaches coding interactively with free beginner courses in Python, HTML, and more.

OpenLearn is The Open University's free learning platform, built around short courses, articles, videos, and badged learning. It serves adult learners looking for free online courses in subjects such as health, education, history, science, business, and digital skills.

FutureLearn is a UK-based online course platform known for short courses, ExpertTracks, and microcredentials from universities, museums, and specialist institutions. Within Free Learning Platforms, it appeals to learners who want free access to course materials in subjects such as healthcare, business, teaching, psychology, and digital skills.

Learn Saylor is the course platform of the Saylor Academy nonprofit, known for free online courses in college-level subjects such as business, computer science, history, and mathematics. Within Free Learning Platforms, it is mainly used by independent learners seeking self-paced study, low-cost certificates, and transfer-friendly credit options through selected partner exams.

Alison is a free learning platform known for self-paced online courses in workplace skills, IT, business, health, language, and personal development. It targets job seekers, adult learners, and people looking for free online courses with certificates or diplomas.

OpenLearn Create is The Open University's free platform for short online courses built by partner organisations as well as university teams. Within Free Learning Platforms, it is known for hosted courses in education, health, social care, digital skills, and public-interest topics aimed at adult learners, staff training, and community outreach.

The Carpentries is a nonprofit training community known for free lessons in coding, data, and computational research skills. Within Free Learning Platforms, it serves researchers, librarians, educators, and lab staff who need practical instruction in tools such as Python, R, Git, SQL, and the Unix shell.

DataCamp is an online learning brand focused on data science, Python, SQL, R, statistics, machine learning, and analytics training. Within Free Learning Platforms, it is known for free courses and introductory lessons aimed at students, job switchers, analysts, and business users who want structured practice in data skills.

SoloLearn is a coding education brand in the Free Learning Platforms category, known for short, interactive lessons in programming, web development, and data topics. It targets beginners, self-taught learners, and mobile users who want free coding courses with quizzes, practice tasks, and a community layer.

Microsoft Learn is Microsoft's official free training platform for Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, GitHub, and security topics. It serves IT professionals, developers, administrators, students, and certification candidates looking for structured learning paths and product-specific documentation-based training.

Google Developers is Google’s official learning and documentation brand for Android, web, cloud, AI, Firebase, Flutter, and other Google technologies. Within Free Learning Platforms, it serves developers, students, and technical teams looking for free courses, codelabs, API guides, and product training tied directly to Google’s own tools.

AWS Skill Builder is Amazon Web Services' training platform for cloud computing, AWS certification prep, and hands-on labs. Within Free Learning Platforms, it is known for free digital courses, learning plans, and AWS Cloud Quest content aimed at students, IT staff, developers, and teams building AWS skills.

NetAcad is Cisco’s learning platform focused on networking, cybersecurity, Python, data science, and IT support training. Within Free Learning Platforms, it is known for self-paced introductory courses, skills-based curricula, and pathways that align with Cisco technologies and entry-level tech careers.

IBM SkillsBuild is a free learning platform focused on workplace skills, digital literacy, and entry-level tech training. Its catalogue centers on topics such as cybersecurity, data analysis, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and professional development for students, job seekers, and early-career learners.

OpenLearn is The Open University's free learning platform, known for short courses, articles, videos, and statement of participation options across academic and workplace subjects. Within Free Learning Platforms, it is widely used by adult learners seeking university-backed study materials in leadership, management, business, health, science, and the arts.

Class Central is a course search and review publisher focused on MOOCs, free online courses, and certificate guides across major learning providers. Within Free Learning Platforms, it is known for tracking where learners can study for free and for publishing regularly updated lists of free certificates, university courses, and platform comparisons.

Brilliant is an interactive learning platform focused on math, science, computer science, and logical thinking. Within Free Learning Platforms, it is known for guided problem solving and short visual lessons aimed at students, self-learners, and adults brushing up on quantitative subjects.

TED-Ed is TED’s education arm, known for free animated lessons, teacher-created learning materials, and short videos built around big questions in science, history, literature, math, and philosophy. Within Free Learning Platforms, it serves students, teachers, and self-directed learners who want concise educational videos rather than full courses or certificates.

Academic Earth is a free learning platform focused on college-level video lectures and curated online courses from universities and established education providers. Its catalogue is aimed at learners who want open access study material in subjects such as computer science, business, science, and humanities without paying tuition.

Open Culture is a long-running editorial project that aggregates free online courses from universities and major learning providers. Within Free Learning Platforms, it is known for curated lists in humanities, history, literature, philosophy, science, and language learning aimed at self-directed adult learners.

Udacity is an online education brand known for job-focused tech courses in areas like programming, data analysis, cloud computing, AI, and product management. Within Free Learning Platforms, its free course catalogue appeals to learners who want structured lessons from an industry-oriented provider without starting on a paid Nanodegree plan.