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In today's times, money is not only tight it may not be available at all in an upcoming recession, or even in a possible depression. What we need to remember is that knowledge is power, and we need to keep learning and obtaining information to make positive changes in our life. With no money, we need to better understand that knowledge is still important to keep the brain alert.

FREE.ED.NET  To obtain an online course for free at Free.ed.net, there are three ways to search the subject desired to learn: keyword, name, and available courses by topic and subject area. For example, if you want to take a course in Arts & Humanities then check out some of the classes it involves: creative and performing arts, modern languages, philosophy, critical thinking, grammar & composition, journalism and media studies, languages, literature, music and music appreciation, and philosophy & religion. Each one has a step-by-step process to follow depending on which class is chosen.  

HOW TO LEARN A LANGUAGE ONLINE  This website is an independent site is very popular with 115,000 posts and 8,200 members. A wide variety of languages are offered with reviews of books and questions asked about learning the language. With Spanish a job requirement for many, the Spanish Language Profile offers an Introduction, Usefulness, Countries, Economic Importance, Difficulties, Pronunciation, Grammar, Vocabulary, Transparency, Spelling and so on. Additional languages offered are Arabic, Finnish, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian and many others.  

EDUCATION TOOLBOX  This website has tons of free courses and ideas which include courses through You Tube and their Pitzer College lectures, Courses from Organizations with Free Books, BBC Learning, Lectures from 14 Chinese Universities, BruinCast with UCLA course lectures, Open Learning Initiative with courses from Carnegie Mellon University, Sofia where you can take CC-licensed courses from small colleges, and many others.  

OEDb  An excellent website with over 200 free online classes means that a high a high quality education does not have to come at a high cost. This website offers classes from educational names such as YALE, MIT, and TUFT without paying a cent: natural science; math; engineering & computer science; language; arts and design; health; agriculture and veterinary medicine; law and politics; social science; history; business and finance; theology; family and education; and additional resources.  

EDUCATION PORTAL  This article refers to some of the Universities which offer free courses online. Several of the best free university courses are listed for those who wish to advance in their current field or for personal knowledge. Listed are the Free MIT Courses Online, Free Open University Courses Online, Free Carnegie Mellon Courses Online, Free Tufts University Courses Online, Stanford Courses on iTunes U, Free UC Berkley Courses Online, and many others.  

EDUCATIONAL PORTAL FOR FREE WRITING COURSES ONLINE  There are plenty of universities which offer free writing courses online, whether writing professionally is intended or as an amateur. Listed are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Introduction to Fiction, Writing and Reading Short Stories, or Advanced Essay Workshops. Also available are undergraduate or graduated writing courses.  The Utah State University is also listed with Intro to Writing Academic Prose, Intermediate Research Writing, and Technology for Professional Writers. Many other universities are listed with a variety of writing courses.