Courses
These universities offer free online courses. These courses are offered by a number of well-known universities. Interested students can register directly for these courses. If you’re seeking knowledge on a particular topic, a free online course may be what you need. It is more likely that these will be self-paced, which means less direct guidance from an instructor.
You can choose from a variety of subject areas, including soft skills and hard skills.
In this section, we have categorized the free online courses in Public Health, American History, English Language for University Studies, and Business Administration.
Course Category
American History and Civic Engagement
Business Administration and Entrepreneurship
English as a Second Language for University Studies
Public Health and Health Services
Other Online Courses
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Practical Improvement Science in Health Care: A Roadmap for Getting Results
Developed through a collaboration between HarvardX and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, PH 556x: Practical Improvement Science in Health Care: A roadmap for getting results will provide learners with the valuable skills and simple, well-tested tools they need...
The Health Effects of Climate Change
Our world’s climate is changing. Of the top twenty hottest years ever recorded, sixteen have occurred in the last two decades. This warming has already had a profound effect. This course is not an elegy for the planet, but a call to action. Enroll now to learn what...
Best Practices for Biomedical Research Data Management
Biomedical research today is not only rigorous, innovative and insightful, it also has to be organized and reproducible. With more capacity to create and store data, there is the challenge of making data discoverable, understandable, and reusable. This course is...
Leading Healthcare Quality and Safety
Ensuring patient safety and healthcare quality is critical and should be a key focus of everyone in healthcare practice. This course provides healthcare practitioners and others with an introduction to the knowledge and skills needed to lead patient safety and quality...
Essentials in Clinical Simulations Across the Health Professions
This 7-week course provides you with key strategies to help understand the foundation of Clinical Simulations. During each module, you will learn about 7 key components of Clinical Simulation Across the Health Professions and its' impact in your current position as a...
TECH MeD: Transdisciplinary Education for Critical Hacks of Medical Devices
This course seeks to create an informed public, aware of the technical, medical, legal, and ethical issues associated with implantable medical devices. The course features conversations with experts from a variety of relevant fields to discuss the present and future...
COVID-19 – A clinical update
How did this disease develop? Where did it come from? How does it cause diseases? After completing this course you will be armed with the knowledge and skills to make a difference and help to bend the curve. Syllabus Learn More
Fixing Healthcare Delivery
Isn’t it time to end the loss of life from preventable medical errors? Each year 100,000 patients die from preventable errors in the U.S. How can you help to change this intractable problem? Knowledge is power, and this course will provide you with a deep...
Fixing Healthcare Delivery 2.0: Advanced Lean
In this course healthcare providers, administrators, engineers, and healthcare professional students will be taught how to apply the principles and tools of Lean to health care. They will learn how to identify and remove of waste, design standardized work, apply 5S,...
The Psychology of Thrill Seekers
This course helps learners examine the remarkable world of the high-sensation seeking personality and explores the lifestyle, psychology, and neuroscience behind thrill seekers. Syllabus Learn More
Understanding Violence
This course introduces you to experts who study different forms of violence and we will discuss the various causes of violence. You will also learn about efforts to reduce violence and engage in a day of compassion. Syllabus Learn More
Ebola Virus Disease: An Evolving Epidemic
Learn about the evolving Ebola epidemic and its various aspects including disease prevention, management and treatment, response to the epidemic, ethical considerations, and the post-Ebola global health landscape. Syllabus Learn More