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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderhttps://edx.org https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm https://oli.cmu.edu/ https://www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative https://online.stanford.edu/courses (This one is kind of but not entirely just an edX front-end now.) Berkeley used to have a treasure trove of free lectures, but then they got sued because they didn't have subtitles, and so took them down. lbry archived most of them: https://lbry.com/news/20000-illegal-college-lectures-rescued https://oyc.yale.edu/ https://www.online.caltech.edu/…
The breadth of open resources has never been greater than it is today, but unfortunately, it's useless without some semblance of structure. If you have very specific gaps you're trying to fill, it's easier to pick out from the lot, but what I think will be more helpful is aggregators making clear tracks, as many MOOCs have now done (in many cases as paid offerings, although you usually can audit for free). I'd rather my choice be around what I…
I see less and less reasons to return to my university to finish masters right now. I realized this yesterday, after spotting like... 9 awesome-looking courses from Stanford planned for January, which is quite enough for full-time studying...
Awesome. I plan on listening to some of the more interesting in the car. Sadly, I see 3 courses on Marxian economics and zero on Austrian economics. Here's one I found on mises.org http://mises.org/resources/2022
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 3
- Total points
- 859
- Total comments
- 94
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-12-08 | 250 Free Online Courses from Top Universities | jamesbritt | 95 | 2 |
| 2011-11-21 | Free Online Courses from Top Universities First breakout | jnand | 112 | 12 |
| 2017-09-18 | A Master List of 1,300 Free Courses from Top Universities | Dowwie | 3 | 0 |
| 2017-11-24 | Free online courses from top universities | andrevoget | 257 | 34 |
| 2019-11-05 | Free Online Courses from Top UniversitiesHall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | happy-go-lucky | 392 | 46 |
