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Free online courses from The Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution MOOCs

Browse free online courses in a variety of subjects. The Smithsonian Institution courses found below can be audited for free, or students can choose to receive a verified certificate for a small fee. Select a course to learn more.

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Teaching Critical Thinking through Art with the National Gallery of Art

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Teaching Complex Thinking through Art with the National Gallery of Art

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Foundations for Transforming Teaching and Learning about Native Americans

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Designing for Textiles

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Managing Museums in the 21st Century, a My Armenia Program series

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The Smithsonian Summer Sessions: Interrogating the Stories We Tell

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The Smithsonian Summer Sessions: Inspiring Civic Engagement

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རིག་གནས་བསྡུ་འཇུག་དང་ཉར་ཚགས་བྱེད་པའི་ཐབས་ལམ་མདོར་བསྡུས། | Methods and Techniques for Documenting and Preserving Tibetan Culture

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The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact On Pop Culture

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Our Global Ocean – An Introduction Course

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Power and Responsibility: Doing Philosophy with Superheroes

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Fundamentals of Artisan Business Development

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That's So Meta(cognitive)!

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Climate Change Communication

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Science: A Work in Progress

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Smithsonian’s Objects That Define America

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Interdisciplinary Teaching with Museum Objects

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Fired Up About Energy

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Conceptual Change: How New Ideas Take Root

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Teaching with the Smithsonian: Addressing 21st-Century Challenges in the College Classroom

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Design in the Classroom with Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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#EarthOptimism

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Teaching Historical Inquiry with Objects

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