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

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


A massive bank of free online courses can be found on edX. And these free courses come from some of the biggest and best educational institutions in the world, including MIT.

You can find lessons on AI, modern finance, Python programming, and much more with edX. We recommend taking some time to check everything out, because there really is something for everyone. But if that sounds like too much work, we've done some of the hard work for you and lined up a standout selection of courses to get you started.

These are the best free online courses from MIT this month:

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, so what's stopping you from enrolling?

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