UP 13 places in 2021 Highbrow is a platform that delivers 10-day courses in easy-to-digest emails every morning for free. Website: gohighbrow.com Cost: Free Availability: Online Ranking on the 2021 sub-lists Top 150 Tools for Personal Learning: 79 Top 150 Tools for Workplace Learning: – Top 150 Tools for Education: – Overall rankings in the previous 14 surveys: […]

DOWN 42 places in 2021 Udacity provides free online classes for the digital economy. Website: udacity.com Cost: Free and premium versions Availability: Online Ranking on the 2021 sub-lists Top 100 Tools for Personal Learning: 92 Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning: – Top 100 Tools for Education: – Overall rankings in the previous 14 surveys: 2007-2020 2020: 133 […]

NOT ON THE LIST IN 2021 Pluralsight offers expert-led courses, assessments and tools to build technology skills and to keep up to date with the latest programming languages and frameworks Website: pluralsight.com Cost: Commercial. Free trial Availability: Online Overall rankings in the 14 surveys: 2007-2020 2020: 168 2019: 156 2018: 113 2017: – 2016: – 2015: – […]

UP 5 places in 2021 An online learning platform, Udemy also allows experts of any kind to create their own courses. Website: udemy.com Cost: Free and paid for courses Availability: Online Ranking on the 2021 sub-lists Top 150 Tools for Personal Learning: 28 Top 150 Tools for Workplace Learning: 97 Top 150 Tools for Education: – Overall rankings […]

UP 1 place in 2021 edX is a MOOC provider. It hosts online university-level courses in a wide range of disciplines including some at no charge. Website: edx.org Cost: Free and Premium courses Availability: Online Ranking on the 2021 sub-lists Top 150 Tools for Personal Learning: 53 Top 150 Tools for Workplace Learning: 105 Top 150 Tools for […]

DOWN 29 places in 2021 LinkedIn Learning makes use of the software, business and creative courses originally created for Lynda. Websites: linkedin.com/learning Cost: Commercial. Free Trial Availability: Online Ranking on the 2021 sub-lists Top 150 Tools for Personal Learning: 29 Top 150 Tools for Workplace Learning: 45 Top 150 Tools for Education: – Overall rankings in the previous 14 surveys: […]

BACK ON THE LIST IN 2021 Codecademy is an online platform that offers free coding classes in 12 different programming languages Website: www.codecademy.com Cost: Free. Availability: Online Ranking on the 2021 sub-lists Top 150 Tools for Personal Learning: 94 Top 150 Tools for Workplace Learning: – Top 150 Tools for Education: – Overall rankings in the previous 14 […]

DOWN 83 places in 2021 FutureLearn offers free online courses from top universities and specialist organisations. Owned by Open University in the UK. Website: futurelearn.com Cost: Free Availability: Online Ranking on the 2021 sub-lists Top 150 Tools for Personal Learning: 113 Top 150 Tools for Workplace Learning: – Top 150 Tools for Education: – Overall rankings in the […]

NOT ON THE LIST IN 2021 Alison provides free online courses from the world’s leading experts. Website: alison.com Cost: Free. Availability: Online Overall rankings in the previous 14 surveys: 2007-2020 2020: – 2019: 176 2018: 199 2017: 165 2016: – 2015: – 2014: – 2013: – 2012: – 2011: – 2010: – 2009: – 2008: – 2007: – Quick […]