Khan Academy
FreeFree lessons and practice in maths, science, economics and test prep.
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Students
For students
Study support, subject practice and career information. Check which materials match your own curriculum before you rely on them.
OpenStax
FreePeer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks for school and university subjects.
Open →NCERT textbooks
FreeOfficial Indian national textbooks used by CBSE and many state boards.
Open →BBC Bitesize
FreeRevision notes and quizzes mapped to the UK curriculum and GCSE subjects.
Open →PhET Interactive Simulations
FreeScience and maths simulations from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Open →Project Gutenberg
FreeTens of thousands of public domain books for literature study and reading.
Open →Parents
For parents and guardians
Choosing a school, understanding a curriculum and supporting learning at home. School quality is judged locally, so visit and ask questions.
UNESCO Family and community engagement
FreeGuidance on how families can support learning and school participation.
Open →OECD PISA results for schools
FreeHow to read international assessment results without over-reading rankings.
Open →UNICEF Parenting
FreeEarly childhood development, reading at home and wellbeing advice.
Open →Common Sense Media
FreeReviews and guidance on screen time, apps and online safety for children.
Open →Reading Rockets
FreePractical help for children who find reading difficult.
Open →Teachers
For teachers and school leaders
Lesson materials, assessment ideas and professional development. Adapt anything you use to your own syllabus and class context.
TESS-India / OER Commons
FreeOpenly licensed teaching resources you can adapt and reuse.
Open →UNESCO IIEP Learning Portal
FreeEvidence briefs on teaching quality, school planning and learning improvement.
Open →Education Endowment Foundation Toolkit
FreeSummaries of what classroom approaches have the strongest evidence.
Open →CS Unplugged
FreeComputer science activities that need no computers.
Open →Scratch and Code.org
FreeFree curricula and tools for teaching programming to young learners.
Open →Global Teacher Prize and networks
FreeProfessional communities and recognition programmes for teachers.
Open →Online learning
Online learning platforms
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Coursera
Paid optionsUniversity and industry courses, many free to audit; paid certificates and degrees.
Open →edX
Paid optionsCourses and MicroMasters programmes from universities worldwide.
Open →FutureLearn
Paid optionsShort courses and online degrees from UK and international universities.
Open →SWAYAM
FreeIndia's national platform for free online courses with credit transfer.
Open →MIT OpenCourseWare
FreeFull MIT course materials published openly, with no enrolment.
Open →Alison and OpenLearn
FreeFree courses across vocational, business and general subjects.
Open →University of the People
Paid optionsTuition-free accredited online degrees with assessment fees.
Open →NIOS open schooling
Paid optionsIndian open school board for secondary and senior secondary study at a distance.
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