Free textbooks and courses

OpenStax, MIT OpenCourseWare and MOOCs.

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OpenStax

Free online textbooks and open educational resources

TextbooksFree
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens openstax.org)

MIT OpenCourseWare

Free MIT course materials

Course materialsFree
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens ocw.mit.edu)

Highlights for High School (MIT OCW)

MIT OpenCourseWare guide to materials for high schoolers

Course materials
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens mitocw.zendesk.com)

Khan Academy

Free online courses, lessons and practice

Online coursesFree
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens khanacademy.org)

CK-12

Free online textbooks, flashcards and practice

TextbooksFree
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens ck12.org)

Open Yale Courses

Yale course lectures online

Course materials
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens oyc.yale.edu)

OER Commons

Library of open educational resources

Open resources
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens oercommons.org)

Coursera

Online courses and certificates from universities

Online courses
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens coursera.org)

edX

Online courses from leading institutions

Online courses
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens edx.org)

Open Textbook Library

University of Minnesota library of open textbooks

Textbooks
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens open.umn.edu)

LibreTexts

Open textbook platform across many subjects

Textbooks
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens libretexts.org)

BCcampus OpenEd

Open textbooks and open education resources from British Columbia

Textbooks
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens open.bccampus.ca)

Project Gutenberg

Free ebooks

EbooksFree
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens gutenberg.org)

Open Library

Open catalog of books to read and borrow

Ebooks
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens openlibrary.org)

Internet Archive

Digital library of free and borrowable texts, video and music

EbooksFree
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens archive.org)

Saylor Academy

Self-paced online courses

Online courses
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens saylor.org)

OpenLearn

Free learning from The Open University

Online coursesFree
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens open.edu)

FutureLearn

Online courses and degrees from universities

Online courses
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens futurelearn.com)

Stanford Online free courses

Free online courses from Stanford

Online coursesFree
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens online.stanford.edu)

Harvard free courses

Free online courses from Harvard

Online coursesFree
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens pll.harvard.edu)

Stanford Engineering Everywhere

Stanford engineering course materials online

Course materials
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens see.stanford.edu)

CS50x

Harvard's intro computer science course, 2026 edition

Coding
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens cs50.harvard.edu)

freeCodeCamp

Free coding courses and certifications

CodingFree
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens freecodecamp.org)

Codecademy

Interactive coding courses

CodingFreemium
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens codecademy.com)

PhET Simulations

Free physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations

SimulationsFree
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens phet.colorado.edu)

HHMI BioInteractive

Biology resources from HHMI

Open resources
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens biointeractive.org)

The Physics Classroom

Physics tutorials and practice

Open resources
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens physicsclassroom.com)

Paul's Online Notes

Algebra, calculus and differential equations notes from Lamar University

Course materials
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens tutorial.math.lamar.edu)

Crash Course

Educational video courses

Online courses
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens thecrashcourse.com)

CommonLit

ELA reading program and texts

Open resources
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens commonlit.org)

DocsTeach

Primary-source activities from the National Archives

Open resources
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens docsteach.org)

OER Project

Free standards-based online history curriculum

Course materialsFree
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens oerproject.com)

Smithsonian Learning Lab

Find, create and share Smithsonian digital resources

Open resources
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens learninglab.si.edu)

NASA Learning Resources

NASA STEM learning resources

Open resources
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens nasa.gov)

Marginal Revolution University

Economics videos for everyone

Online courses
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens mru.org)

Federal Reserve Education (FRE.org)

Economics and personal finance resources

Open resources
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens federalreserveeducation.org)

MERLOT

Curated collection of online learning materials

Open resources
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens merlot.org)

Duolingo

Language learning app

Language
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens duolingo.com)

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