Lynda.com is a subscription-based, online instructional video site. Before online learning was cool, there was Lynda.com. It offers video instruction on more than 1,580 courses and 83,000  videos by 250 leading experts in the field. Lynda.com is particularly strong in teaching how to use computers, graphics, audio, game design and business verticals, to mention a few. (See the list of subjects here.) The company has always placed a premium on well-executed, professional video and presentation.

All content is available on a subscription basis. It offers a one-week free trial. After that, subscribing to the entire Lyndia library costs $25 a month.  A premium subscription, which lets users download project files, is $37.50/month.