Free Grad and Undergrad Classes at MIT, Tufts, Johns Hopkins

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to take classes at top notch universities such as MIT, Tufts, or Johns Hopkins? Well wonder no more–now you can, for free! Here’s the deal:

MIT has a program called OpenCourseWare where educators, students and self-learners from around the world have the opportunity to take classes at MIT for free!

Of course this is completely virtual–you take the classes from your home at your own convenience. You get all the class notes, quizzes, exams, discussion groups and some audio/video of the lectures for over 1400 classes they offer–at no cost. Classes are available on the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Some of the departments I’m looking at are Anthropology, Foreign Languages & Literature, and History. It’s MIT, so they also have the science/techie departments. Under each department there are tons of classes to choose from, all at different levels.

Since it’s free, you don’t get any direct teacher interaction, and there are no grades. You also don’t get credits for taking these courses, but this could be a great way of exploring other fields of interest before or after you start graduate school.

There are 3 other universities in the US that are also offering OpenCourseWare:

Johns Hopkins University School Of Public Health
Tufts University
Utah State University