Best Free Online Schools

Research tells us that an active mind is a healthy mind, and what better way to keep your mind active than learning and discussing everything under the sun? Do you need to learn about Retirement Planning or Tectonic Plates? Maybe Web Site Marketing or enough Quechua to get you by on your travels to the peaks of the Andes on your archeological adventures to the Inca Empire? Wouldn’t it be great to be able to say “Where is the bathroom?” or “I need a doctor! Hurry!” and be understood by the natives? I know that everyone just has to know the details of the planetary system, especially now that Pluto is out of the galaxy. Well, with the free online schools and classes below, you can surely find exactly what is top on your list of ‘gotta knows’!

http://www.free-ed.net  Free Ed, sounds like a revolutionary bumper sticker, but is probably one of the most technically and academically inclined free online schools. I’ve taken Anatomy and Physiology, Oceanography, a freaky and confusing (to me) class on String Theory, and a very substantial and well produced Video Introduction to Earth Sciences, with entertaining and instructional videos about the oceans, climate, space and more. Their Medical Terminology course is actually superior to the course I paid $565 for at my local community college.

http://www.sba.gov  The Small Business Administration site offers an amazing wealth of information for small and independent business. From Marketing and Promotion to Understanding Taxes (and, face it, who understands taxes except number crunchers), Managing the Digital Enterprise, and Building your Website, the SBA provides free online classes, many in Spanish. Education at the SBA is easy, fun (except for the tax class!) and best of all FREE.