Environmental Studies Online

Online educational courses are multiplying worldwide.

GreenPolicy360 surveys Internet offerings in the fields of:

• environmental/ecology studies

• bio-sciences

• earth sciences

• economics

• energy

• sustainability

• technology and media related to green careers and public interest work

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Academic Earth

http://academicearth.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Earth

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Coursera

https://www.coursera.org/

https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=environmental%20studies&categories=energy

Sustainable Development / Columbia

https://www.coursera.org/learn/sustainable-development --- https://www.coursera.org/instructor/jeffreysachs

Pathways to climate change adaptation: the case of Small Island Developing States / Université de Genève - https://www.coursera.org/unige

https://www.coursera.org/course/sids

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EdX

https://www.edx.org/

https://www.edx.org/course?search_query=environmental+studies

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Khan Academy

https://www.khanacademy.org/

Natural Science - https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/mit-k12/mit-k12-biology

California Academy of Sciences, Biodiversity - https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/CAS-biodiversity -- https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/CAS-biodiversity/biodiversity-protection/science-education

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Environmental science / articles -- https://www.khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query=environmental+science&sort=rank&kind=Article

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Lynda

http://www.lynda.com/

http://www.lynda.com/press/pressrelease -- http://www.lynda.com/press/pressrelease?id=4563

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MIT OpenCourseWare

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/environment-courses/

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Open Culture

Free Online University Courses - http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses

... from recognized universities, incl Stanford, Yale, MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Oxford and more...

Download audio & video courses (often from iTunes, YouTube, or university web sites). Over 30,000 hours of free audio & video lectures...

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Open Education Database

http://oedb.org/open/

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Open Learning Initiative / Carnegie Mellon

http://oli.cmu.edu/ -- http://oli.cmu.edu/learn-with-oli/see-our-free-open-courses/

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Skillshare

https://www.skillshare.com/

"... dismantling the traditional barriers to learning so that anyone, anywhere in the world, can learn whatever they set their minds to"

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Udemy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udemy

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Western Governors University

http://www.wgu.edu/

http://www.wgu.edu/online_it_degrees/information_technology_degree

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References / Online Education

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Educational_websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Online_education

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http://www.amazon.com/Higher-Education-Digital-William-Bowen/dp/0691159300