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1. Coursera. Coursera offers online access to classes from 147 different colleges, universities and other organizations in 29 different countries. For example, they have courses from Georgia Tech, the University of Florida, The University of Virginia, École Polytechnique in Paris, The University of Melbourne, The University of Edinburgh, Stanford University, Tel Aviv University and many others.
2. EdX. Boasting a community of more than 5 million learners, EdX offers online courses from some of the world's leading science and technology universities, including MIT, Harvard, University of California Berkeley, Caltech, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan.
3. OEDb. The Open Education Database, or OEDb, aggregates free online classes available elsewhere on the web, making it easy to find courses in a variety of disciplines.
4. MIT OpenCourseWare. In addition to participating with other online education sites, many universities have sections of their own websites dedicated to free online classes.
5. Harvard. Like MIT, Harvard has an extensive section of its website dedicated to online classes; however, not all of the Harvard courses are available for free.
6. Codecademy. In recent years, several "coding bootcamps" have sprouted up, promising to teach people to become developers in much less time than it takes to earn a traditional computer science degree.
7. Alison. Instead of offering classes from particular colleges and universities, Alison offers courses designed by various textbook publishers. Both free and paid classes are available.
8. Microsoft Virtual Academy. Another option for free online IT education is to take courses directly from vendors. Microsoft Virtual Academy has an extensive lineup of free courses for mobile and Web developers; game developers; network, infrastructure and cloud engineers; database admins, architects and developers; and students interested in a career in technology.
9. VMware Education. VMware also has an extensive training section on its website, including a helpful list of popular free courses. Many of the courses on the site that lead to a professional certification require a fee, but there are many that do not.

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1. For people who manage networks and IT infrastructure for a living, staying current on the latest trends and technologies is a never-ending challenge. It can be hard to stay up to date while working full-time to keep a network or myriad IT resources running.
2. edX. @edXOnline. This website features free online courses from technology vendors and leading universities, including Microsoft, Red Hat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, and many others.
3. MIT Open CourseWare. @MITOCW. Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been at the forefront of the trends toward open courseware and massive open online courses (MooCs).
4. Codecademy. @Codecademy. As the software-defined infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code trends continue to gain momentum, more network and systems administrators are finding that they need some basic programming skills.
5. LearnPython.org. This Python-focused site provides a free Python tutorial in which students run Python code directly in the web browser. The organization says this enables more efficient learning.
6. Microsoft Virtual Academy. @MSVirtAcademy. Microsoft has a huge array of free training resources available in its Virtual Academy, and the tabs at the top of the page make it easy to find the courses designed for IT professionals.
7. Class Central. @classcentral. This website acts as a clearinghouse for MooCs. It doesn't directly offer any classes itself, but it will connect you with other providers, including many on this list.
8. Coursera. @coursera. Similar to edX, Coursera connects students with university classes on a wide variety of topics. If you want to have your coursework graded and receive a certificate of completion, you'll need to pay for a Coursera subscription.
9. Routergods YouTube Channel. Run by a networking professional who teaches Cisco-related courses, the Routergods channel has extremely detailed videos showing how to install and configure networking equipment from various vendors.
10. vBrownBag YouTube Channel. This YouTube channel specializes in "free community-generated educational videos and podcasts for people working with virtualization, storage, DevOps, and cloud technologies."

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