[2022] 150+ edX Courses That Are Completely Free
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With a catalog of more than 3500 courses, edX should have something for every online learner, no matter the subject they’re interested in. However, free course access on edX is typically limited: most often, you’ll only have access to part of the course content and only for a limited time.
Fortunately, this limitation doesn’t apply to all courses. At Class Central, we’ve scoured the edX catalog to identify courses that still offer free, unlimited access, and we’ve put them in a handy list that we’ll continue to update.
If you enjoy this list, you may also want to have a look at our list of 1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely Free.
Is edX free?
There once was a time when MOOCs (or massive open online courses) were free, including those offered on edX. But in their quest for a sustainable business model, one after the other, online course providers started introducing paywalls. We reported on it as it happened.
Nowadays, if you want unrestricted access to an edX course, you’ll typically have to pay. More specifically, most edX courses offer the following access modalities:
- Paid full access: In this modality, you’ll have access to all course material and graded assignments, and upon completion of the course, you’ll earn a verified certificate of completion.
- Free audit: In this modality, you’ll have temporary access (usually, a month) to the course material, but you won’t have access to graded assignments, and you won’t earn a certificate upon completion.
For example, the popular edX online course Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science that currently tops our ranking of the best data science courses offers precisely these two modalities, as you can see below:
The most common access modalities on edX: Paid full access or free auditHowever, while most edX courses default to these two modalities, fortunately for us, some courses still offer free access to all learning materials, including graded assignments.
The only thing these courses don’t include is a certificate (though, for some CS courses, that’s not entirely true). But in terms of content, you’ll have access to the full learning experience.
When you try to enroll into one of these courses, you’ll either immediately have access to the full course, or you’ll be given a choice between paid certificate and free full content access, as shown in the image below.
Note that this is different from the choice shown in the image above. Here the free option isn’t time-limited nor restricted to ungraded assignments. Instead, you’ll have access to all the learning materials. So, unless you absolutely want the paid certificate, pick the option on the right.
Less common edX modalities: Paid certificate vs free full content accessFree edX Courses
The difficult thing is to find these fully-free online courses buried among the rest in edX’s catalog. The provider doesn’t offer a handy filter to easily identify them. So instead, we’ve searched the provider’s catalog and found them for you.
We discovered that currently, more than 150 courses on edX are still completely free in terms of learning content. These courses cover a wide variety of subjects. For your convenience, we’ve broken down the list by subject. Click on a subject to jump to the corresponding courses.
Free Computer Science Courses (7)
Free Health & Medicine Courses (32)
- Mechanical Ventilation for COVID-19 from Harvard University ★★★★★(24)
- PredictionX: John Snow and the Cholera Epidemic of 1854 from Harvard University ★★★★★(7)
- Focused Bedside TTE and Ultrasound from Stanford University ★★★★☆(5)
- Thinking Critically: Interpreting Randomized Clinical Trials from Stanford University ★★★★★(3)
- Global Public Health from SDG Academy ★★★★★(3)
- Unconscious Bias in Medicine from Stanford University ★★★★★(2)
- Prescription Drug Misuse and Addiction: Compassionate Care for a Complex Problem from Stanford University ★★★★☆(2)
- Communicating with Presence from Stanford Medicine ★★★★★(1)
- Virtual Care with Presence from Stanford Medicine ★★★★★(1)
- Congenital Hypothyroidism: What Every Primary Care Provider Needs to Know from Stanford University ★★★★★(1)
- An Evidence-Based Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of Migraines in Adults in the Primary Care and General Neurology Setting from Stanford University ★★★★★(1)
- Thinking Critically Series: Interpreting Screening Trials from Stanford University ★★★★★(1)
- Identifying Early Signs of Psychosis in Adolescents and Young Adults from Stanford University ★★★★★(1)
- Presentation and Management of Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) from Stanford University ★★★★★(1)
- SafetyQuest: Level One – QI Basics from Stanford University ★★★★★(1)
- Antimicrobial Stewardship: Improving Clinical Outcomes By Optimization of Antibiotic Practices from Stanford University ★★★★☆(1)
- To Prescribe or Not To Prescribe? Antibiotics and Outpatient Infections from Stanford University ★★★★☆(1)
- The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Use of mRNA Vaccines from University of Pennsylvania ★★★★★(1)
- Strengthening Community Health Worker Programs from Harvard University
- Ventilación mecánica para pacientes con COVID-19 from Harvard University
- Hypertension in Primary Care – Improving Control and Reducing Risk from Stanford University
- CSI: ME Case Studies in Medical Errors from Stanford University
- How To Taper Patients Off Of Chronic Opioid Therapy from Stanford University
- Neuromuscular Monitoring Course from Stanford University
- Identifying and Responding to Developmental Delay in Young Children from Stanford University
- SafetyQuest: Level Four – Mastering QI from Stanford University
- SafetyQuest: Level Three – Implementing QI from Stanford University
- SafetyQuest: Level Two – Moving Beyond QI Basics from Stanford University
- Staying Fit from Stanford University
- Safe Surgical Care: Strategies During a Pandemic from The University of British Columbia
- COVID-19 & Society: Inequality in Global Pandemics from The University of British Columbia
- Prise en charge de la personne obèse from Sorbonne Universités
Free Engineering Courses (4)
Free Social Sciences Courses (28)
- Constitutional Interpretation from Princeton University ★★★★★(22)
- Age of Sustainable Development from SDG Academy ★★★★★(7)
- Civil Liberties from Princeton University ★★★★★(6)
- PredictionX: Omens, Oracles & Prophecies from Harvard University ★★★☆☆(2)
- Health Across the Gender Spectrum from Stanford University ★★★★★(2)
- Making Government Work in Hard Places from Princeton University ★★★★★(2)
- Climate Action: Solutions for a Changing Planet from SDG Academy ★★★★★(2)
- Introduction to American Civics: Presented by Zero-L from Harvard University ★★★★★(1)
- America’s Poverty and Inequality Course from Stanford University ★★★★★(1)
- Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs from Columbia University ★★★★★(1)
- Feeding a Hungry Planet: Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainability from SDG Academy ★★★★★(1)
- Sustainable Cities from SDG Academy ★★★★★(1)
- Sustainable Food Systems: A Mediterranean Perspective from SDG Academy ★★★★★(1)
- Incarceration’s Witnesses: American Prison Writing from Hamilton ★★★★★(1)
- The Best Start in Life: Early Childhood Development for Sustainable Development from SDG Academy
- Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home from SDG Academy
- Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Challenging Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Exclusion from SDG Academy
- Transforming Our World: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals from SDG Academy
- Cities and the Challenge of Sustainable Development from SDG Academy
- Macroeconomics for a Sustainable Planet from SDG Academy
- How to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals from SDG Academy
- The Korean Story: Secrets of an Economic Miracle from SDG Academy
- Tech for Good: The Role of ICT in Achieving the SDGs from SDG Academy
- Sustainable Development: The Post-Capitalist Order from SDG Academy
- Industrial Policy in the 21st Century: The Challenge for Africa from SDG Academy
- Conversations with Global Leaders: Leading on Sustainable Development from SDG Academy
- Measuring Sustainable Development from SDG Academy
- Understanding Poverty and Inequality from SDG Academy
Free Mathematics Courses (4)
- How to Learn Math: For Students from Stanford University ★★★★☆(16)
- Convex Optimization from Stanford University ★★★★★(8)
- Calculus Applied! from Harvard University ★★★★★(2)
- Cómo Aprender Matemáticas – Para Estudiantes from Stanford University
Free Programming Courses (6)
Free Education & Teaching Courses (18)
- Introduction to Family Engagement in Education from Harvard University ★★★★★(8)
- Scratch: Programming for Kids (8+) from Delft University of Technology ★★★★☆(5)
- Introduction to Data Wise: A Collaborative Process to Improve Learning & Teaching from Harvard University ★★★★★(1)
- Performance Assessment in the NGSS Classroom: Implications for Practice from Stanford University
- Developing Instructionally-Embedded Performance Assessments for the NGSS Classroom from Stanford University
- Developing Instructionally-Embedded Performance Assessments for the NGSS Classroom: Course 2 from Stanford University
- Performance Assessment in the NGSS Classroom: Course 1 from Stanford University
- Using Student Work To Strengthen Performance Assessments for NGSS: Course 3 from Stanford University
- Evaluating Student Work from Performance Assessments to Guide NGSS Teaching and Learning: Course 4 from Stanford University
- How You Say It Matters: A Toolkit for Improving Communications About Academic Standing from Stanford University
- University Studies for Student Veterans from Columbia University
- Attaining Higher Education from Columbia University
- Supporting Veteran Success in Higher Education from Columbia University
- AP® Psychology – Course 0: Introduction from The University of British Columbia
- The Postdoc Academy: Succeeding as a Postdoc from Boston University
- The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project from Boston University
- The Postdoc Academy: Building Skills for a Successful Career from Boston University
- An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching from Cornell University
Free Science Courses (19)
- Climate Change Science and Negotiations from SDG Academy ★★★★☆(8)
- Planetary Boundaries from SDG Academy ★★★★★(5)
- One Planet, One Ocean from SDG Academy ★★★★★(2)
- MalariaX: Defeating Malaria from the Genes to the Globe from Harvard University ★★★★★(1)
- Molecular Foundations of Medicine from Stanford University ★★★★☆(1)
- Medical Genomics 101 from Davidson College ★★★★☆(1)
- Forest Monitoring with CLASlite from Carnegie Institute for Science ★★★★★(1)
- Forest Monitoring with CLASlite from Stanford University
- Musculoskeletal Primer for the Non-Orthopedist from Stanford University
- Basic Steps in Magnetic Resonance from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Mechanik I – Stereostatik from RWTH Aachen University
- Natural Resources for Sustainable Development from SDG Academy
- From the Ground Up: Managing and Preserving Our Terrestrial Ecosystems from SDG Academy
- Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace from SDG Academy
- Water: Addressing the Global Crisis from SDG Academy
- Climate Change: The Science and Global Impact from SDG Academy
- Governance for Transboundary Freshwater Security from SDG Academy
- Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience from SDG Academy
- Energy ─ The Technology You Must Know in the 21st Century | 能源 ─ 21世紀你必須了解的科技! from Open Education Consortium (OEC)
Free Humanities Courses (8)
Free Data Science Courses (1)
- Data, Analytics, and Learning from University of Texas Arlington ★★☆☆☆(2)
Free Business Courses (16)
Free Personal Development Courses (7)
Free Art & Design Courses (5)
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