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.

And if you don’t find what you need here, have a look at Class Central’s catalog of over 15,000 online courses.

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: May 31] 85 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.

FutureLearn

[Added: April 8] 50+ 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 – Expires: June 30] 16 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] 700+ Free Online Courses: Includes courses in tech, leadership, and language. Requires simple sign-up.

Educative

[Added: April 29] Free Front-End Development Courses: 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.

Netflix

[Added: April 27] 20+ Hours of Free Documentaries: Includes documentaries about nature, politics, society, and design. A subscription normally costs $13 per month. Doesn’t require sign-up.

Redis University

[Added: April 24 – Expires: May 12] 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 – Expires: June 30] 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.

EduCode Academy

[Added: April 24 – Expires: 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.

JetBrains

[Added: April 18] 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.

XYZ Coding

[Added: April 19] 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.

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.

App Brewery

[Added: April 18 – Expires: July 8] 10+ Hours Free App Develpment Course: Covers app development in Flutter using the Dart programming language. The course normally costs $12. Requires simple sign-up.

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.

BitDegree

[Added: April 13] 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.

Rosetta Stone

[Added: April 10] 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.

Microsoft

[Added: April 12 – Expires: June 24] 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 – Expires: May 15] Free Oracle Cloud and Databases Training & Certifications: Offers 50+ hours worth of educational material and 6 certification exams for Oracle’s cloud infrastructure and autonomous databases. Most of these certifications normally cost $245. Requires simple sign-up.

Tableau

[Added: April 12] 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.

Moz Academy

[Added: April 11 – Expires: May 31] 25+ Free SEO Courses: Includes courses exploring all aspects of search engine optimization. These normally cost $50 to $200 each. 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.

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.

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.

Domestika

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

HomeSchoolPiano

[Added: April 11 – Expires: 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.

Fender

[Added: April 18 – Expires: May 31] 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.

Producertech

[Added: April 22 – Expires: May 3] 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.

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.

Manning

[Added: April 10 – Expires: May 31] 6 Free Tech E-Books: Includes e-books about Python, JavaScript, and HTML5 & CSS. These normally cost about $30 each. Requires simple sign-up.

Packt

[Added: April 10 – Expires: May 31] 15 Free Tech Certificate Courses: Includes one-year access to practical online courses covering notably Python, JavaScript, and Machine Learning. Most of these normally costs $20. Requires simple sign-up.

ACM Digital Library

[Added: April 20 – Expires: 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 – Expires: June 31] 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.

Unity

[Added: April 10 – Expires: June 20] 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.

Autopsy

[Added: April 10 – Expires: May 15] Free Intro to Autopsy (Digital Forensics Software): Includes 8 hours of video lessons. The course normally costs $495. 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.

Humble Bundle

[Added: April 15 – Expires: 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.

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