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Course Report

330+ Free University Courses to Learn a New Language

Learn Spanish, Italian, English, Chinese, Korean, and other languages from these free online courses.

There are many language learning apps out there, but online courses can do one thing that these apps aren’t doing or can’t do — Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) can teach you about the culture of the parent country.

To get a sense of what I’m talking about, take a look at the intro video for edX’s Mandarin Chinese for Business course.

You can learn Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, French, and other languages from these free university online courses. Class Central has created a collection of such courses that teach more than 20 different languages, including sign language.

And if you want to learn English, you can find plenty of resources and courses in my previous article Learn English as a Second Language (ESL) with Hundreds of Courses and Sites.

We particularly recommend six highly rated courses that have made it onto Class Central’s The Best Online Courses of All Time list:

While many courses are constantly available, some are session-based. If your chosen course is not available right now, you can Follow the subject, institution, or provider to receive emails announcing upcoming courses.

And if you are learning these languages, check our Best Courses Guides (BCGs) to Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, American Sign Language (ASL), and Linguistics.

Index

Click on a language below to see all courses that teach that particular language, or check the Language Learning list for more about learning languages.

Note that while most of these courses should be available year round, some might only be open for enrollment at certain times.

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If you don’t find what you need in the course list below, browse Class Central’s catalog of 250K courses or visit our thematic collections:

You can find all the Class Central free certificate articles here.


Language Learning (11)

Chinese (92)

Spanish (57)

French (27)

Japanese (16)

Korean (16)

Italian (15)

Irish (13)

Other Languages (89)

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Pat Bowden

Online learning specialist, still learning after 200+ online courses completed since 2012. Class Central customer support and help since 2018. I am keen to help others make the most of online learning, so I set up a website:  www.onlinelearningsuccess.org

Comments 2

  1. IDN Live

    Nice article, waiting for you next article

    Reply
  2. Tiff

    Would be great to see a few indigenous languages listed. There are so many that are near extinction.

    Reply

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