Discover Free Online Courses During Quarantine: Enhance Your Skills from Home

Several of the world's leading universities, Google, Domestika, and many other organizations have made a large number of their courses available for free in response to the global situation caused by COVID-19. At that time, the United Nations reported that 87% of the world's students were out of school. This meant 1.5 billion students across 165 countries were unable to attend classes due to the coronavirus pandemic. If you're one of those people who wants to make the most of your time by continuing to learn, here are some of the opportunities available.

Courses Offered by Universities

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) have become increasingly popular over the past few years. These are free, online courses open to anyone. Here are just a few examples:

• National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM): Be More Creative
• University of Michigan: Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills
• Autonomous University of Madrid: Spain in the Age of Don Quixote
• Inter-American Development Bank: Climate Change Education
• Berklee College of Music & Inter-American Development Bank: Introduction to Guitar

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

• Entrepreneurship 101: Who Is Your Customer?
• Entrepreneurship 102: What Can You Do for Your Customer?
• Impact Evaluation of Social Programs

Stanford University

• Machine Learning
• How to Learn Math: For Students
• Short Course on Breastfeeding
• Introduction to Food and Health
• Introduction to Logic
• Monitoring Forests with CLASlite
• Child Nutrition and Cooking
• Health Across the Gender Spectrum

Princeton University

• Effective Altruism
• Buddhism and Modern Psychology

Yale University

• Roman Architecture
• The Age of Cathedrals
• Moral Foundations of Politics
• Introduction to Classical Music
• Introduction to Psychology
• The Science of Well-Being
• Financial Markets
• The Moralities of Everyday Life
• Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing
• A Journey Through Western Christianity: From Persecuted Faith to Global Religion (200–1650)

Imperial College London

• Mathematics for Machine Learning: Multivariate Calculus

Google Actívate

Google Actívate is one of the leading platforms for developing digital skills. It currently offers more than 30 courses, many of them with official certification. Available topics include:

• Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
• E-commerce
• Digital Skills for Professionals
• Personal Productivity
• Digital Transformation for Employment

Domestika

One of the most popular online learning platforms, Domestika offers both free and paid courses. Its catalog includes original content across a wide variety of creative disciplines, taught by renowned professionals from each industry. The selection of free courses changes regularly, so it's worth checking back frequently until you find one that interests you.

Whether you're looking to develop professional skills, explore a new hobby, or simply make productive use of your time, there are more learning opportunities available online than ever before.