Founded in 2006 by Dan Coleman (also Director & Associate Dean of Stanford’s Continuing Studies Program) Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web 2.0 has given us great amounts of intelligent audio and video. It’s all free. It’s all enriching. But it’s also scattered across the web, and not easy to find. Our whole mission is to centralize this content, curate it, and give you access to this high quality content whenever and wherever you want it. Major collections include:
- 950 Free Online Courses from Top Universities
- 675 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns, etc.
- 550 Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free
- 600 Free eBooks for iPad, Kindle & Other Devices
- MOOCs from Great Universities (Many With Certificates)
- Learn 46 Languages Online for Free: Spanish, Chinese, English & More
- 200 Free Kids Educational Resources: Video Lessons, Apps, Books, Websites & More
And, of course, my favorite resource collection – Free Art & Images:
- The Met
- The Getty
- The Rijksmuseum
- The National Gallery
- LA County Museum
- British Library
- Google Art Project
- French Revolution
- Getty Images
- Guggenheim Art Books
- Met Art Books
- Getty Art Books
- New York Public Library Maps
- Museum of New Zealand
Open Culture – The Best Free Cultural and Educational Media on the Web