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Name of the Resource with URLs

Talk to A Teacher: Accessible at: http://co-learn.in/

Spoken Tutorial: http://www.spoken-tutorial.org/

Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/

Khan Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org/

Open Courseware Consortium: http://www.ocwconsortium.org/home.html

Open Culture: http://www.openculture.com/2007/07/freeonlinecourses.html

Open Learn: http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/home.php/

Open Michigan: https://open.umich.edu/

Open Yale Courses: http://oyc.yale.edu/

Webcast.Berkley: http://webcast.berkeley.edu/

World Lecture project : http://www.world-lecture-project.org/index.php?navId=1

Courses for Higher Education: https://www.edx.org/

Lecture fox: http://www.lecturefox.com

MIT: http://techtv.mit.edu

http://ocw.mit.edu

http://video.mit.edu

Berkeley University: http://ocw.uci.edu

Princeton University: www.princeton.edu/webmedia

John Hopkings University: http://ocw.jhsph.edu

Rice University: http://cnx.org

Carnegie Mellon University: http://www.cmu.edu/oli

Tufts Open Courseware: http://ocw.tufts.edu

University of Notre Dame: http://ocw.nd.edu

Paris Tech Graduate School: http://graduateschool.paristech.org

Open University of Nederland: http://ocw.tudelft.nl

University of Southern Queensland : http://ocw.usq.edu.au/

United Nations University: http://www.ocw.unu.edu

OER Commons : www.oercommons.org

Open learning object repository:(Merlot) : http://merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm? materialType= Learning Object Repo

Open textbooks: (Connexions) : http://cnx.org/

Aggregated video: Academic Earth :http://www.academicearth.org

Mixed Media: Wikimedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed

University of Minnesota: (Open academics textbook catalog) : http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/

Open textbooks for K12: (Siyavula): http://www.siyavula.com/

Excel Tutorial: http://www.excel-easy.com/

Classic Literature

These collections of free eBooks feature classic literary works.

Project Gutenberg — Project Gutenberg was the first site to ever produce eBooks and they are still going strong, offering more than 45,000 titles that you can download for free.

Planet Publish — On Planet Publish, you can download classic tales in PDF format. There are literary masterpieces like Canterbury Tales, Around the World in 80 Days, and Wuthering Heights – to name a few.

UPenn Digital Library — The University of Pennsylvania provides this extensive collection of digital books that anyone can access for free.

ReadPrint — On ReadPrint, you can search through thousands of classic titles that you can read online for free.

Contemporary eBooks

These collections for free e-books published a little more recently. There are thousands of contemporary books available in digital form to be found here. All are free to read and/or download.

Free eBooks.net — On this site, you can download thousands of free titles in every genre from biography to erotica. Newer and independent authors are featured which is a win-win for everyone: readers get free books, and budding authors gain exposure.

Baen eBooks Free Library — Baen eBooks is a company offering cross-platform ebooks in exchange for a membership fee. They have also made a number of titles available to read online or download in just about any format completely free through their online library.

Get Free eBooks — The site’s name is pretty self-explanatory and, aside from the free eBooks, you can also find interesting articles and links to other eBook resources. This site is always publishing new lists of places to find free eBooks.

eBook Lobby — This site collection of eBooks that anyone read. There are several categories to choose from including children’s books, self-help, cooking, and more.

Bookyards — Bookyards’ motto is “Library to the World” and in keeping with that they work to provide as many free eBooks to as many people as possible. The site is entirely free, but one can make a donation via PayPal to help sustain their efforts.

Specialty eBooks

These sites feature collections of free ebooks that are more specialized in nature.

Librivox — On Librivox, one can download audio-versions of public domain books for free. All titles are orated by volunteers, and one can pay it forward by volunteering to read a chapter – or an entire novel – for the site.

Free Computer Books — This site focuses solely on eBooks in computer and tech-related categories. One can find guides and books about programming, mathematics, networking, design, and more – all for free.

Online Programming Books — For something a little more specific, look here for all kinds of books about nothing but programming. Software, website building, guides to programming languages.

Free eBooks from Poem Hunter — Find thousands of classic and contemporary poems on this page. All are available in PDF format and are free to use.

ManyBooks.net — Find classics, contemporary fare, reference books, and more here. All are free to download on any e-reader device. The site is run as a courtesy service by people who want to make literary works available to everyone.