ALEX Institute / Classes
Every ALEX Institute class costs $0 for every learner in every country, including exams, credentials and certificates. Free courses have existed for twenty years. Most people who start them never finish. We put a volunteer Mentor beside every learner to change that.
Why people
Reich & Ruipérez-Valiente, "The MOOC Pivot," Science, 2019.
How it works
No tuition, materials fee, platform charge or paid tier. A class that charges for its exam or certificate is not offered here.
A Mentor for every 10 learners, a Class Lead, and a Subject Matter Expert who reviews your applied work.
Every class ends with a real brief for a real organization, reviewed by an expert. Watching videos is not finishing.
Foundation: Open Education. Every class is Zero Textbook Cost, and everything the Institute creates is openly licensed so anyone, anywhere, can keep it and build on it. How "open" works →
Specialties
Quantum Leadership: 3 weeks, no math or coding. First step on a 14-course open pathway.
Quantum Leadership →AI Security Essentials: 4 weeks. AI now finds software flaws faster than people fix them.
AI Security Essentials →Build AI agents that act safely: tools, memory, guardrails. Starts with a short Python bridge.
Agentic AI →OER, Zero Textbook Cost and the 5Rs: why everything here is free and stays free.
Open Education →How a class works
Go quiet for two weeks and your Mentor will reach out. Enrolling is a commitment to finish, and our volunteers commit to making sure you don't finish alone.