Chemistry plays an important role in our everyday lives. Everywhere we look, a chemical process or reaction is taking place. Our body alone is host to a thousand chemical reactions. Learn more about Chemistry through these excellent online courses.

MIT Open CourseWare.com; Chemistry Courses

MIT is offering a whole list of courses for you to choose from. As always, these courses are easily readable offline by downloading all the course materials. You can click on any from the list and get started by going through the course outline and suggested readings and then download the required materials.

Alison.com; Fundamentals of Chemistry

There are two courses available here; one is the fundamentals whereas the other is the basics of chemistry about the periodic table in detail; atoms, bonding, different states of matter and so on.

Open Learning by Carnegie Mellon University; Introduction to Chemistry

Mainly dealing with chemical stoichiometry, you learn about the tools chemists use for molecular calculations and to determine the quantities and reactions. This course takes a more practical approach to an otherwise theoretical subject.

Askthenerd.com; Chemistry Classes Online

This course is equal to “Introductory Chemistry” and the site is run by Professor Paul Young of UIC. You learn of all the basics of chemistry along with access to slides, videos, lectures and a lot more. You can also receive feedback on your progress from the professor.

UMASS Boston Open Course Ware; Chemistry

Four courses are available, two on principles of chemistry and two on organic chemistry. Each has the first level as basic and the second being advanced. You can download the course materials and study offline with ease. Simply click on the required course and look for ‘lectures download’ from the list on the middle left of the site.

Chemistry Concept Development and Application

A 10 week long course, it covers everything from basics to intermediate, teaching of the concepts and theories in it. You need to sign up with a few details to get access.

OYC; Yale.edu; Freshman Organic Chemistry Part I and II

The first part is basically about organic chemistry and covers its workings and structure along with experiments. The second part goes on to show the links chemistry has with other subjects like physics and biology and its many applications.

Online Courses.com; Chemistry Classes

A compilation of online courses, you can choose any and start learning right away with a simple signup. The list provides ample options for both, basic and advanced users. The many types of chemistry are discussed; each of them has their separate courses for further detailed study.

Skilledup.com; Free Chemistry Classes

From this list of courses, you can choose whatever suits you or interests you and then from the table you see view what materials are available for it such as audio lectures, videos, text, the on-site learning course and so on.

About.com; Teach yourself Chemistry

An introductory course to get you learning on all the basic aspects of chemistry, you start with all the terms and topics used and their practical applications and then move onto units and measurements, elements, chemical bonds and so on.

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