Courses

These universities offer free online courses. These courses are offered by a number of well-known universities. Interested students can register directly for these courses. If you’re seeking knowledge on a particular topic, a free online course may be what you need. It is more likely that these will be self-paced, which means less direct guidance from an instructor.

You can choose from a variety of subject areas, including soft skills and hard skills.

In this section, we have categorized the free online courses in Public Health, American History, English Language for University Studies, and Business Administration.

Course Category

American History and Civic Engagement

American History and Civic Engagement

Business Administration and Entrepreneurship

Business Administration and Entrepreneurship

English as a Second Language for University Studies

English as a Second Language for University Studies

Public Health and Health Services

Public Health and Health Services

other online courses

Other Online Courses

All Courses

Writing in the Sciences

Writing in the Sciences

This course teaches scientists to become more effective writers, using practical examples and exercises. Topics include: principles of good writing, tricks for writing faster and with less anxiety, the format of a scientific manuscript, peer review, grant writing,...

Finance for Non-Finance Professionals

Finance for Non-Finance Professionals

This short course surveys all the major topics covered in a full semester MBA level finance course, but with a more intuitive approach on a very high conceptual level. The goal here is give you a roadmap and framework for how financial professional make decisions....

Evaluating the Quality of Healthcare Delivery

Evaluating the Quality of Healthcare Delivery

In this course, you will have the opportunity to learn about the great progress that has been made in measuring and evaluating quality of care. We will discuss key concepts and methods. Syllabus Learn More

Fundamentals of Machine Learning in Finance

Fundamentals of Machine Learning in Finance

The course aims at helping students to be able to solve practical ML-amenable problems that they may encounter in real life that include: (1) understanding where the problem one faces lands on a general landscape of available ML methods, (2) understanding which...

Improve Your English Communication Skills Specialization

Improve Your English Communication Skills Specialization

This Specialization helps you improve your professional communication in English for successful business interactions. Each course focuses on a particular area of communication in English: writing emails, speaking at meetings and interviews, giving presentations, and...

Music Business Specialization

Music Business Specialization

Launch Your Career in the Music Business. Success Begins with Creativity & Fundamentals in Entrepreneurship, Law, and Music Business Structure. Courses Learn More

Teach English Now! Theories of Second Language Acquisition

Teach English Now! Theories of Second Language Acquisition

In this course learners are introduced to second or foreign language theories and practices for teaching and assessing listening, speaking, and pronunciation. Learners will also be introduced to basic studies in second language acquisition and their pedagogical...

Advanced Search Engine Optimization Strategies

Advanced Search Engine Optimization Strategies

This course focuses on technical, mobile and social strategies for increasing site traffic. Learn how to build SEO for international audiences through content localization, global team alignment and optimizing for local search engines. Syllabus Learn More

JavaScript Basics

JavaScript Basics

This course introduces the programming language JavaScript and shows the websites that include the type of interactions students will eventually be able to develop. Syllabus Learn More