Recently we have begun to appreciate the wealth of knowledge found in The Great Courses. The reason those last three words are capitalized is because they refer to a company, not your 8th grade biology class – as life changing as that class may have been.

The Great Courses is a company which has chosen to offer an incredible educational experience to those who are not currently enrolled in a university. They take the top 1% of teachers and the votes of participates around the nation and form an engaging learning experience. I know… I know. Nothing can replace a real life teacher. I agree. However, I would rather not have most of my teachers sitting in the back seat of my car, in my deer stand with me, or talking in my ear as I am running.

The major drawback for me has been the price. If you go to The Great Courses website, you can see that the audio and video lectures can be a chunk of change. Granted, they are nothing close to the enrollment in an educational facility today, but they are expensive nonetheless. Our introduction to them as been through audible.com, which is much more reasonable.

I check out their Daily Deal every day and have purchased several for under $5. Other ones have cost us $15, or the monthly subscription cost. Either way, I can guarantee that the ones we have listened to have been well worth the cost.

In a latter post I will post some which we have listened to and which we firmly believe you should listen to as well!