Earn the Lowest-Cost college credit from free courses!

Most free courses don't lead to college credit. Education Portal Academy's free courses do!

Here's how it works:

1. Watch free video lessons.

2. Take free quizzes.

3. Pass an exam to earn real college credit.

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1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu)

• MIT Audio and Video Lectures

MIT offers more free audio and video lectures than any other university. Lecture topics cover everything from architecture and science to history and writing. More than 1,000 lectures in all.

2. Harvard (harvard.edu)

• Harvard@Home Web-Based Video Programs
• Kennedy School of Government Video Forum
• Harvard School of Public Health Video Forum

Harvard offers high-caliber web videos from Harvard@Home, Harvard School of Public Health and the Kennedy School of Government. Videos cover a range of subjects, including science, history, current affairs, the arts, literature and math.

3. UCLA (ucla.edu)

• UCLA Audio and Video Lectures

UCLA provides webcasts of courses and lectures. Some of the webcasts can only be viewed by students and faculty, but there are a wide variety of videos that can be accessed by the general public.

4. University of California, Berkeley (berkeley.edu)

• Berkeley Webcasts and Podcasts

UC Berkeley offers webcasts and podcasts of current and archived courses and events. Videos are available for live viewing or on-demand replay and cover nearly every topic imaginable.

5. Yale (yale.edu)

• Yale Office of Public Affairs Video Lectures
• Yale Global Online Video Lectures
• Yale Divinity School Video Lectures

Yale has a huge collection of podcasts, video clips, flash presentations and slide shows available through various university sites. Topics include everything from public and international affairs to science and religion.

6. Columbia University (columbia.edu)

• Columbia Video Lectures

The Columbia Interactive site from Columbia University offers webcasts, e-seminars, and much more. Video lectures cover a broad range of topics.

7. University of Oxford (ox.ac.uk)

• University of Oxford Webcasts

The Oxford Internet Institute publishes streaming webcasts of scholars, regulators, Internet entrepreneurs and other lectures on their website. The webcasts cover subjects like regulation, online security, Internet journalism and social media.

8. Stanford Graduate School of Business (standford.edu)

• Stanford Audio and Video Lectures

The video lectures offered through the Stanford School of Business feature Stanford faculty members discussing hot topics, such as leadership, diversity, social innovation and networking. Most are available to the public, but access is restricted to alumni in a few cases.

9. University of Southern Carolina (sc.edu)

• University of Southern Carolina Streaming Videos

The University of South Carolina School of Medicine offers more than 80 video lectures on medical microbiology and immunology. The audio-video slide shows can also be downloaded as mp3 files.

Earn Real Credit from Free Courses

While the free courses above don't award credit directly, there are two widely recognized and affordable options for students to gain real college credit.

Option #1: Pass a CLEP Exam

• Learn About CLEP Exams

The College Board's 33 CLEP exams allow you to test out of your general education requirements. Credit is accepted at 2/3 of colleges and universities in the U.S.

Option #2: Prepare a Portfolio

• Learn About Prior Learning Assessment

LearningCounts.org helps you prepare a portfolio that proves your knowledge. A faculty expert then recommends how much credit should be awarded. The process is call 'prior learning assessment'.