E-learning / Distance learning

• A MOOC: Massive Online Open Course, free, offered on a platform for a limited-time session. You may have to pay to obtain certification. An MOOC does not confer a diploma; it provides you with complementary training on a specific subject.
• A SPOC: Small Private Open Course: an MOOC that is reserved for about thirty previously-selected participants. An SPOC is like a virtual class; you must pay to join.
• A FOAD: Remote Open Training, offered by an educational institute, open to everyone, with a flexible timetable and teaching organisation. Not just on-site courses. An FOAD may confer a diploma. If it is a diploma programme, you will be given a student card and must pay registration fees.
• An access to free online digital resources (videos, exercises, classes, quiz, guides and others) to complete and improve your knowledge without the need for a registration, with no degree issued.

France has the MOOC (Massive Online Open Courses) platform: this is called FUN for "France Université Numérique" (France Digital University) and offers over 300 free online courses open to everyone. Some of the courses are provided in English, too! It involves the participation of over 80 French educational institutes.

Mostly in French:

• CNED (Centre Nationale d'Enseignement à Distance - the National Centre for Correspondence Education).
• Fédération Interuniversitaire de l’Enseignement à Distance (Interuniversity Federation of Correspondence Learning) is an association recognised by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation.
• CNAM (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers - National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts) offers nearly 500 correspondence courses.

• TV5 Monde, the Francophone television station, has an MOOC for learning French for all levels. You can expand your vocabulary and understanding of grammar as well as your knowledge of Francophone culture; there are interactive and multilingual exercises.

• RFI Savoirs, the Francophone radio station, has exercises, informative dossiers and shows to help you learn and teach French.

• The Association Française pour la Formation des Adultes (French Association for Adult Learning) offers MOOC, in particular on FLE (French as a Foreign Language) to teach beginners the basics.

• There are many Alliances Françaises that offer online French classes. Check the Alliance site near you to find out more.