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27 of the best MIT courses you can take online for free

Become a student of MIT without ever leaving home.

Joseph Green

on August 1, 2024

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TL;DR: A wide range of online courses from MIT are available to take for free on edX.

edX hosts a wide range of free online courses from top educational institutions like MIT. And the courses cover seriously useful topics like AI, modern finance, Python programming, and much more.

We recommend taking some time to check everything out, but if that sounds like too much work, we've lined up a selection of standout options to get you started. These are the best free online courses from MIT this month:

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These free courses do not come with a certificate of completion, but that's the only catch. You can still learn at your own pace with unrestricted access to all the course materials. That sounds like a pretty good deal, don't you think?

Find the best free online courses from MIT on edX.

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Joseph Green is the Global Shopping Editor for Mashable. He covers VPNs, headphones, fitness gear, dating sites, streaming, and shopping events like Black Friday and Prime Day.

Joseph is also Executive Editor of Mashable's sister site, AskMen.