Einztein.com: guide to free online academic courses from institutions around the world.
Einztein, a nonprofita online education search guidethat offers online search services focused on education content. It has a simple way to search for university level courses available free of charge from institutions around the world.
Einztein catalogues the courses and delivers the data in a seamless, organized experience that includes more than 40 educational institutions and thousands of self-contained courses selected by Einztein’s editorial team. All of the courses searchable via Einztein’s site have been reviewed by its team of scholars, who have assessed the quality and relevancy of courses in terms of subject area, language, materials, completeness, and accessibility.
Einztein.com believes that the Internet presents a win-win scenario for educators and learners. By answering the challenge and sending Einztein.com the link to at least one full online course available to students free of charge, universities will have an opportunity to show the world what they do best and stay at the forefront of change.
Recently, Einztein, was launching a public beta of an online course library. The library offers 2,000 complete courses, all in a variety of electronic formats and “curated by an editorial team of Ph.D. resident scholars for quality and relevance. The course library consists of a wide range of courses falling into 38 categories. Courses range from astronomy and chemistry to English and physics, and all are full semester courses or lecture series. The courses were compiled from more than 100 individual institutions, including MIT, Stanford University, Open University, and others.
