I keep hearing economic experts advise people to go back to school to improve their chances of getting and keeping jobs in the difficult economy. I’m not sure how people are supposed to find the time or where they’re supposed to find the money. But here are some websites letting you take classes at top schools for free, just not for credit.
AcademicEarth.org
This site aggregates lecture videos from various courses, bringing them all together on one easy-to-navigate site. Choose from various topics and find videos of entire classes. Watch videos from the first day of class to the last, even download them to a iPod or iPhone to watch on the go.
For even more free online learning, check out the classes offered by M.I.T., Harvard and Princeton.
Spreeder.com
Learn to speed read! Or at least that’s the claim on this site. Just plug some text into the box and this little application flashes the words on the screen quickly. It claims that by gradually increasing the speed of the text you can train your brain to become a faster reader.
