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Courses & Lectures

Coursera - Music

In collaboration with over 200 leading universities and companies, Coursera offers many free online courses taught by top instructors. Courses include on-demand video lectures, homework exercises, and community discussion forums.

Kahn Academy - Music

Kahn Academy course offerings include music basics, band instruments, classical masterpieces, and orchestral instruments.

MIT OpenCourseWare - Music

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world. Courses normally include lectures, videos, interactive quizzes, exams, and more.

Music EdX

Learn about music and more from the best universities and institutions around the world. For example, find online courses in jazz appreciation and hip hop culture from the University of Austin and Rice University or get an introduction to the music business from the Berklee College of Music.

Open Culture: Music & Performing Arts Courses

Take free online courses from the world's top universities, including Stanford, Yale, MIT, Harvard, Oxford, and more.

OpenLearn - History & the Arts, Music

Free courses, interactives, videos, and more are provided by The Open University.

openstax - Music

openstax is a space where authors and learners can share and freely adapt educational materials such as courses, books, and reports.

University Videos

The Digital Library portal of University Videos contains the metadata from the YouTube channels of the world's top universities. Find music performances and music-related lectures using the Search function.

Subjects: Music