Top Ten Free Online Writing Courses

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Even though you still may be in middle school or high school, this doesn’t mean you can’t learn more
advanced writing techniques. Thanks to technology, several online and conventional universities offer
free writing courses through the internet. It’s simple to use and offers you the opportunity to advance
your writing skills for free and on your own time. Listed below are ten colleges that offer free online
writing course.

1. The University of Utah: Courses offered in creative writing. Free registration is required.

2. Utah State University: Courses offered include current writing technologies, research writing
and intro to prose. No registration is required.

3. UCLA: This course is taught by best-selling author, screenwriter and UCLA writing teacher, Steve
Barnes. The course can be accessed from his website at www.LifeWrite.com. No registration is
required.

4. Massachusetts Institute Technology (MIT): Courses offered in short stories, essays and poems.
No registration is required.

5. University of Massachusetts Boston: Courses offered include critical reading and writing. No
registration is required.

6. Purdue University: Their Online Writing Lab (OWL) provides extensive writing and proofreading
information. There is also information on different styles of writing. No registration is required.

7. News University: This website offers free information about writing for journalism, including
copy editing and covering news. Free registration is required.

8. Open University: Courses offered in essays and fiction. No registration is required.

9. Wikiversity: Courses offered in narrative dialogue, web writing and technical writing. No
registration is required.

10. E-Zine University: Courses offered in basic writing and web writing. No registration is required.

Available courses vary in length and degree of advancement. All are self-conducted and don’t require
homework or other assignments.

Carrie Oakley is editor and writer for Online Universities.
She likes to write articles about many topics of interest, including education and career planning.


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