Whether you're just curious and want to learn more about the operating system, or you need to become comfortable with Linux for work, there are some great resources out there to help you get started. Why spend $100 or more on a course to learn Linux, when there's so many free sites available to help you out? Here's a few great sites to help you learn Linux online for free: IBM DeveloperWors: Answers your ba ...

The new MIT initiative, MITx, rolls out its first online course Circuits & Electronics on March 5th. After Completion of the course you will receive a certificate of accomplishment from MITx. This is  first undergraduate course for Electrical & Electronics or Computer Science departments. Topics covered: Resistive elements and networks, dependent, independent sources, MOS transistors, amplifiers, An ...

You do not need to have any prior knowledge of programming. This course is mainly for beginners. Though C programming is used, concepts remain the same across various languages except syntax. Professor Colin Archibald of Valencia College presents the course. Has 20 video lessons and power point slides used in lessons are made available for download. Topic explained are from variable and data types to how to ...

UDACITY is a recently established portal offering university-level courses for free. Two courses are currently available CS101 Building a Search Engine and CS373 Programming a Robotic Car. Both courses begin on February 20, 2012 and each is broken into 6 week-long units with a seventh wrap-up week that also includes a final exam. CS101 is taught by Professor David Evans and Professor Sebastian Thrun. CS373 ...

Open courseware offered by top universities allow self-learners to access high quality educational materials for no cost. Whether expanding your knowledge on a variety of topics or sampling the programs offered at universities, free courses can benefit you. The following universities offer free college courses online to anyone wishing to complete them. University credit is not offered for any of the free co ...

World Lecture hall is an initiative by The University of Texas at Austin has huge collection of free course materials. They do not host any course materials but they point to materials of other universities. They cover wide range of areas, from accounting to Statistics, anatomy to zoology and other 80+ areas. Some of the courses has audios, videos, assignments, lecture notes and exams. By using advanced sea ...