Below is the link to a site that someone sent me, and the introduction on their front page, they have links to sites with tutorials on the following subjects:

100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything

Learning new skills and expanding your knowledge doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. There are loads of free resources on the Web that can help you find instructional videos, tutorials and classes to learn a wide variety of skills from fixing basic car problems to speaking another language. With 100 sites to choose from, you’re bound to find something here that will help you learn just about anything you could want.

About U is a collection of free online courses from About.com. 

Each online course is sent to you via email on a daily or weekly basis and is designed to help you learn a specific skill or solve a particular problem. There are no grades or degrees, only a whole lot of free online learning.

 This site is a search engine for courses from the UK, you can select your specifications (make sure to include "Online and Distance if you planning to be studying online). It includes only recognized institutions. It might save some time searching through multiple sites.

http://www.hotcourses.com/
Most may already be aware of this, but the English system and levels of education are different than the American system. You'll want to know what qualifications the course you're interested in is offering you.

I wasn't accustomed to the English system prior to looking at these courses. This article clearly explains the "US/international equivalency" for the English levels of qualification.

As a personal opinion, I wouldn't pay for any course that offers a diploma under level 3.

A friend of mine saw this and sent it to me. I checked it out and it looked good. If you're interested in other colleges and courses like the one offered below see my previous post Get Certified!

From: Nyra
Hi there budding students and learners!

I was researching online colleges and universities some time back, looking for good diploma courses, etc. After a lot of hunting I found a UK based online college, that those of you interested in studying online may find appealing. They have all kinds of courses ranging from aromatherapy to electronics, very self paced and the materials very satisfactory, I have been learning a lot! Plus the cost is not very much! Anyway, take a look and it might be what you're looking for
www.Stonebridge.uk.com
Hope it's a help, Enjoy!

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Academic Earth, a site which offers the most complete video courses I've seen on the net. Most of the courses are series of lectures from universities like Princeton, Yale and Berkeley.

Youtube Edu, a educational section of youtube which also contains lectures and other various educational videos. I'm not as fond of this one in comparison to the site above.

Watching video lectures will not give you a complete education in a certain subject, but they're definitely helpful as supplement material for your studies and learning more about your subject of interest. For an example see: Learning Through Multiple Avenues


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When studying an online course, I find it helpful to study a topic from a few sources, or supplement a course I'm taking with additional material. For example, I'm currently studying to be a Certified Professional Trainer in a free course offered by ACT.  ACT's certification is quite revolutionary as they offer it free of charge as long as you complete their 300 page textbook and pass their online exam (see previous post: Get Certified).

However, as a suplement to what I'm learning in Physical Training I'm watching lectures on General Human Anatomy from Academic Earth, a website that offers sets of lectures from various universities on a host of different subjects.

I think this is one great way to get a well rounded and (in this case) free education, find your desired course ( I prefer those that offer a diploma or certification at the end), and then supplement your studies with university courses on that subject, you'll be sure to get a well rounded education in that field.

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