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29 Great Sites to Check Out if You're Looking to Learn Something (Anything!) New Today

Looking to learn new things this year?

You can forget about overpriced institutions and traditional curriculums.

The future of learning is online, where you can learn new things anytime, anywhere.

Whether your desire is to become the next business leader, learn a new language, or hack the world of traveling, we’ve collected the best websites to learn new things online.

Enjoy!


Business


Take free creative classes from the world’s top experts. Learn new things from business, photography, marketing, negotiation, and more.


Investopedia is the ultimate resource for understanding finance, trading stocks, market analysis, and free trading simulators.


Bigger Pockets is the premiere social network for learning and understanding everything there is about real estate investing.


Leading show for entrepreneurs bringing on top business leaders to hear their story.


Online and in-person classes to learn coding, marketing, business, and more.


Online classes and projects that unlock your creativity.


Foreign Language


Learn a language for free.


Use flashcards to learn vocabulary.


9. Rype

Your personal trainer for languages. Get unlimited one-on-one private language lessons online from top professional teachers around the world.


Academics


Khan Academy hosts over 1,500+ videos lessons covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology, and finance.


11. EdX

Free online courses from the world’s best universities. Includes MIT, Harvard, and Berkeley.


Technology


Treehouse offers lessons to learn basic HTML, coding apps, building websites, and much more.


13. Udacity

Earn a Nanodegree recognized by industry leaders.


Take free online classes from 120+ top universities and educational organizations. Includes Stanford, Yale, and Princeton.


15. Lynda

Lynda is a LinkedIn company that offers courses to learn new things such as software, creative, and business skills. Start today and get 30 days free of 1000’s of courses!


Learn to code interactively, for free. With a community over 25 million, Codecademy proves to be a powerful platform to learn multiple languages of code.


One month offers personalized coding lessons on various topics that are designed to be completed in 30 days.


Health & Fitness


18. Calm

Calmness on-demand. Get guided meditation practice in less than 10 minutes.


Workout, nutrition, and fitness tips by health experts online.


Online magazine that shares great tips on how to be healthier.


Travel


Learn how to travel the world for $50 USD a day using tips from a nomad.


Online travel magazine that shares stories, tips, and deals on traveling smarter.


City guides, tips, and community for travelers around the world.


Advice on travel and making money online through trading.


General


25. TED

Find carefully curated educational videos from the world’s leaders.


26. Scribd

Netflix for books. Download as many books as you want online for $8.99.


Learn how to play chess for free.


Learn the history and lives of the world’s most influential leaders.


Books summarized by real humans to save you time.



This article was originally published on Rype App. It has been republished here with permission.

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