If you really have the passion to learn a particular skill, nothing can stop you today. Nothing, absolutely nothing!

Whether it’s your financial situation, busy schedule, or any other hurdle, eLearning has made learning easy. With a plethora of eLearning websites available, you can learn any skill online, that too from top professionals. Online education is perhaps the reason why we are seeing some of the geniuses of current time are emerging from underdeveloped countries.

In this article, we’ll talk about the ‘top 8 eLearning websites’ that can help you to learn new skills and expand your armory!

Khan Academy

Khan Academy is top of the list because of its popularity and broadness. Khan Academy covers all the beginner and some advanced level courses, and teach them for free. It provides an easy path for students to jump in and begin learning about any subject that they choose.

Further, it’s not only popular among the youth. But some adults as well learn from it, as it has material on some advanced topics too. Above all, their content and teaching style in videos is up to the notch. Anyone with little understanding of English can grasp the concepts and attain decent marks in exams. In simple words, we can call Khan Academy a completely free library of educational “micro-lectures.” 

Udemy

Udemy is another popular eLearning website, with an average of 800 new courses added to their repertoire every month. Unlike Khan Academy, where all the courses are free, Udemy offers both paid and free courses. Though it is a little expensive, the quality of content is also high.

Costs of the course vary from $10 to $500 for different courses. The most popular Udemy courses in business and technology cost more than $100. Before signing up for the course, you can also read reviews of former students to make a more informed decision.

Lynda.com

Lynda.com offers a subscription-based video tutorial library that can be used by multiple people to learn. Unlike other online learning platforms, Lynda is pretty inexpensive and offers a broad range of courses. If you are a visual learner, you can learn a new skill on Lynda for just $25 per month.

One membership can access to more than 80,000 videos on a broad range of different subjects. This is an ideal platform for such students who want to learn advanced skills before they jump into the market, upon the completion of their degree!

W3 Schools

You can call W3 the online school for learning the basics of Web Programming like HTML, CSS, JS, etc. Further, you can also build basic programming concepts with the help of available examples.

The biggest advantage of this W3 school is its available examples and live editing in them. This lets the student to practically implement and tweak in the given code, based on what he learns there.

Coursera

Coursera has worked with universities and other institutions to offer students free classes on an astounding variety of topics. Though it is not free but offers a 7-day free trial to inform the student about quality of course and its level.

Upon the completion of the free trial, if you want to continue, you’ll have to pay $49/month. 

Academic Earth

Academic Earth is another site that offers courses from many different schools. It brings top-notch courses from several different sources and focuses on offering a wide variety of subjects.

You can easily search the course you are looking for in the list of courses they offer and enroll in it. 

MIT OpenCourseWare

MIT is one of the most popular online learning platforms in the world. It has a plethora of courses available, plus includes very in-depth course materials on the subjects available. Moreover, it offers free RSS feeds, a helpful way to continue learning.

Codecademy

As its name suggests, the website is dedicated specifically to teaching coding. As other code learning websites like w3 School shares examples, Codeacademy includes a live practice window. That means you can practice coding and view the lesson material, side by side.

Moreover, the courses are well written and easy to follow. The well-organized structure of the website makes it easy to manage your courses. Every member has a centralized dashboard where he can monitor his progress and organize lessons into complete modules. This makes learning smoother and sequential!