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Free online learning

The Open University's vision is to break down barriers to education by reaching millions of learners each year, through free educational resources.

It doesn’t matter if you’re looking to upskill or learn more about a particular interest, or whether you have 5 minutes or 50 hours. We’ve got a huge range of free online learning to help you explore your passion or need.

You can access any of these materials from your home (as long as you have internet access), your local library, or alternatively call into our Dublin office and a member of staff can guide you through how to access them.

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OpenLearn

Interested in a new topic and want to dig deeper? Or maybe you're already passionate about a subject. You’ll find over 950 free courses, totalling over 8,500 hours of learning. It’s all free

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OU TV and Radio Programmes

For more than 50 years the OU and the BBC have co-produced inspirational content bringing learning to life for millions of people.

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FutureLearn

FutureLearn inspires learning for life. Take a diverse selection of free, high quality online courses from some of the world’s leading universities and other outstanding cultural institutions.