Expand your knowledge of specific Astronomy topics through free and paid courses below.
Free Courses
- NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative
PD resources for educators, informal educators, university faculty, and pre-service educators. The site also offers webinars, digital badging, blog posts about recent news and lists of schools that participate in NASA PD trainings.
- Coursera: The Science of the Solar System
Learn about the Solar System. The course is taught with the expectation of undergraduate math and physics, but most concepts are understandable without this background.
- Openstax: Astronomy
While not technically a course, this textbook is available for free for anyone interested in learning about or teaching an introductory astronomy course. It comes with resources for both teachers and students.
Paid Courses
- Coursera: Data-driven Astronomy
This course investigates the challenges of working with large datasets. It is one of the highest rated astronomy courses on Coursera.
- Coursera: Other Astronomy Courses
Check out Coursera's large bank of Astronomy courses and find what you're interested in.