Free business courses are a great way to learn new skills or prepare for business school.
Coursera – Business: Coursera provides universal access to the world’s best education, partnering with top universities and organizations to offer courses for anyone to take, for free. Learn from over 892 courses.
Marginal Revolution University: At MRUniversity.com, you can learn, teach and share economics courses. This is a new approach to online education led by Professors Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok of George Mason University and www.marginalrevolution.com.
Open Culture – Business Academic Financial Trading Platform: This open online platform delivers a full curriculum of economics and business courses from faculty at the world’s top universities to students around the globe and empowers individuals to make intelligent investment decisions.
U.S. Small Business Administration: The SBA’s objective is to aid, counsel, assist and protect, insofar as is possible, the interests of small business concerns.
My Own Business: Courses include the top ten characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, top 10 do’s and don’ts, quizzes, course outlines of all sessions in each course, video clips and other important information. The courses also come with an exam and a certificate at the end, to prove completion. While our courses are free, to help support our mission, a nominal fee is charged for our textbooks.
Bean Counting 101: This accounting course is presented in a multimedia format. You may browse the contents of the lessons, and then click on a bean to start learning.
IRS Small Business Tax Workshop: Starting a Business, Operating a Business, Closing a Business, Employer ID Numbers, Small Business Events, Employment Taxes, Appeal a Tax Dispute
Financial Management Training Center: Courses are downloaded to your computer by clicking on the hyperlinks on the right side of this page. You can take a short course online by clicking on the “online” hyperlink. You can also download a short course in three file formats: pdf | exe file | word. Finally, if you want to take the final exam online, click on the “take exam” hyperlink.