List of online educational resources

This is a list of online education platforms such as open source, online university, and proprietary platforms.

Free or open-source platforms and resources

  • Academic Earth
  • Alison
  • Bookboon
  • Boundless
  • CK-12 Foundation – customizable digital textbooks and learning resources (FlexBook)
  • Code.org
  • Codecademy
  • CodeSandbox – web-based integrated development environment for computer programming
  • Codewarscompetitive programming challenges in an online IDE
  • Comparison of chatbotsChatGPT, DeepSeek, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity AI.
  • Comparison of online source code playgroundsJDoodle, Replit, CodePen, JSFiddle, W3Schools
  • Curriki
  • Desmosgraphing calculator
  • diagrams.net – software for diagrams such as flowcharts, wireframes, UML, organizational charts, and network diagrams.
  • DiscourseInternet forum for open-source software and online community projects for long-form discussion and learning.
  • Eliademy
  • EarSketchmusical programming using Python and JavaScript as an audio programming language
  • Firebase Studioonline integrated development environment (IDE) developed by Google
  • FreeCodeCamp
  • GeeksforGeeks
  • GeoGebrainteractive geometry, algebra, statistics and calculus web-app.
  • GitHub Codespacesonline IDE for computer programming
  • Google ColabJupyter notebook for Python programming, machine learning, data science, and educational technology.
  • GNU Octave – open-source alternative to MATLAB for computational mathematics
  • Google Scholar
  • H5P – framework for creating, sharing, and reusing interactive HTML5 content
  • Hyperskill – online platform by JetBrains for computer programming in Python, Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, Go, C++, and SQL
  • Internet Archive
  • Jupyter Notebookweb-based interactive computational notebook environment
  • Kaggledata science competition platform, free courses and tutorials, and Jupyter Notebook
  • KaTeX.org
  • Khan Academy
  • LibreTexts
  • Markdown editors – CoCalc, TiddlyWiki, Gollum, and Wiki.js.
  • MathOverflow – mathematics Q&A website
  • MDN Web Docs – documentation repository and learning resource for web developers
  • Medscape
  • MERLOT
  • MIT App Inventorhigh-level block-based visual programming language to create computer applications for Android and iOS
  • Mozilla Developer Network
  • NCBI Bookshelf
  • OER Commons
  • Open access journals
  • Open Course Library
  • openHPIMOOC in the field of computer science and information technology
  • OpenLearn
  • openPlaG – web-app function graph plotter
  • openSAP
  • p5.jscreative coding digital art
  • PhET Interactive Simulations
  • PhysicsOverflow – physics Q&A website
  • Project Euler
  • Project Gutenberg
  • Sci-Hub – platform that provides access to academic papers
  • Saylor Academy
  • Stack OverflowQ&A website for computer programmers
  • SWAYAM
  • Tanagra (machine learning) – data mining software developed for research and teaching
  • TeX editorsAuthorea, CoCalc, and Overleaf
  • Tinkercad – 3D modeling
  • Tinkercad Circuitselectronic circuit simulator that supports Arduino Uno microcontrollers, Micro Bit (Micro:bit) boards, or ATtiny chips
  • W3Schoolsfreemium educational website for learning computer programming online
  • Wikibooks
  • WikiEducator
  • Wikipedia Sandboxsandbox to learn Wikitext and computational writing making tables, graphs, LaTeX, math and chemistry notation.
  • Wikiversity
  • Wolfram MathWorld and WolframAlpha
  • YouTube EDU[1][2][3]

University-based resources

  • MIT OpenCourseWare
  • OpenStax - Rice University open licensed textbooks
  • Open.Michigan
  • Open Universities Australia
  • Open Yale Courses
  • Stanford Online
  • University of London Worldwide[4]

Proprietary platforms

  • Art of Problem Solving
  • Brightstorm
  • Brilliant
  • Coursera
  • Coursmos
  • Duolingo
  • edX
  • FutureLearn
  • GrokxAI chatbot
  • Grovo
  • Kadenze
  • KhanmigoKhan Academy chatbot assistant
  • LinkedIn Learning
  • Lyryx Learning
  • MasterClass
  • Mathletics – math quizzes and challenges, and can participate in a real-time networked competition known as 'Live Mathletics'
  • Microsoft Copilot chatbot
  • OpenClassrooms
  • OpenLearning
  • Open University
  • Pluralsight
  • SageMath
  • Shaw Academy
  • SitePoint – website, and publisher of ebooks, courses and articles for web developers
  • Skillshare
  • Skillsoft
  • Statistics Online Computational Resource (SOCR) – statistics and data science education
  • Symbolab – computational mathematics
  • TinkerPlotsexploratory data analysis and modeling software designed for use by students in grades 4 through university
  • Treehouseweb design, web development, mobile development and game development
  • Udacity
  • Udemy
  • iversity
  • The Teaching Company

See also

  • Computer-based mathematics education
  • Competitive programming online platforms
  • Comparison of e-readersComparison of Android e-reader software and Comparison of iOS e-reader software
  • Google Books, Apple Books, Kindle Store, Kobo Books, Nook, Scribd, Audible, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Bookmate.
  • List of learning management systems – Moodle, Blackboard Learn, Sakai, Google Classroom, and GitHub Classroom
  • List of digital library projects
  • List of educational software
  • List of free educational software
  • List of homeschooling software
  • List of language self-study programs
  • List of MOOC providers
  • List of online learning communities
  • List of open-source software for mathematics
  • Lists of academic journals
  • Lists of books
  • Massive open online course
  • Mathematical software
  • National Repository of Open Educational Resources
  • Open Educational Resource (OER) Universitas
  • Online credentials for learning
  • Online learning in higher education
  • Online music education
  • Open Education Resources
  • Open learning Initiative
  • OpenCourseWare

References

  1. Ula Lechtenberg. Guides: OER: Open Educational Resources: Finding OER -- The Big List pitt.libguides.com^
  2. List of Open Educational Resources and Repositories RisePoint Faculty, retrieved 8 February 2026^
  3. Katrina Salley. Transy Library: OER: Open Educational Resources: Big List of Resources libguides.transy.edu^
  4. Free Courses Professional and Lifelong Learning, retrieved 26 August 2025^