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11 Online Courses For Seniors That Won’t Cost You A Dime

July 20, 2021 · Retirement Life
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Harvard Open Learning Initiative

Harvard has a Division of Continuing Education, a.k.a. an Extension School, that provides some of its courses online for free.

Their online courses are based on a live experience, where you can interact with an instructor, participate in group discussions and receive one-on-one feedback from teaching staff. And you can have all that from the comfort of your home.

Their focus is primarily on a human-centered learning, their students being the center of every interaction. They have many subjects areas, such as:

  • Art & Design
  • Business
  • Computer Science
  • Health & Medicine
  • Humanities
  • Science
  • Social Science
  • Data Science
  • Education & Teaching
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