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3 Sites With Affordable Online Courses

Want to take affordable online courses? Right now, it’s very likely you’re staying home a majority of the time. It’s also likely you have more free time than usual. It’s the perfect opportunity to learn something, and these three sites are the perfect way to do it. They all offer free and/or cheap courses you can take directly from your couch.

Why Take Them?

  1. It’s free.
  2. You’ll learn a new skill or topic.
  3. You can add the new skill to your resume.
  4. You’ll make yourself more hireable.
  5. You can pass the time in a more productive way.

Coursera

Coursera lets you take affordable online courses for free just by signing up on the site. You can also get certificates and full degrees from universities like University of Michigan, University of Colorado Boulder, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Coursera lets you learn at your pace, so you can schedule your courses around your free time. Mobile app: yes

Cost

Their online courses are completely free. If you do their paid courses, you get graded assignments, projects, and a course completion certificate. If you want to get the professional certificates or degrees, you also have to pay.

Types of Courses

You can take courses in:
  • Computer science
  • Data science
  • Business
  • Programming
  • Art and design
  • And more.
This article organizes over 1,000 free Coursera courses by field.

Udemy

Udemy has a collection of over 100,000 affordable online courses to choose from a wide variety of topics. Their courses go beyond technical skills and professional development. You can learn at your own pace and courses never expire. Mobile app: yes

Cost

Udemy offers a variety of affordable online courses, and though most are paid, you can find hundreds of courses for free. Search “free” with the search bar and they will all appear. Most paid courses cost between $40 and $199.

Types of Courses

You can take courses in:
  • Development
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • IT 
  • Office productivity
  • Marketing
  • And more.
Here is a list of the best Udemy courses on personal development. Here are Udemy’s most popular courses.

edX

edX was founded by Harvard and MIT, and hosts free online courses from top universities around the world, including UC Berkeley, Georgetown, the Sorbonne, and more. Their courses logically lean more academic. They also offer certificates and master’s degrees. Mobile app: yes

Cost

edX affordable online courses are free — you can watch the videos and join a discussion for a limited amount of time. If you want unlimited access, or if you want to earn a course Certificate, that incurs a cost. These usually range from $50 to $300.

Types of Courses

You can take courses in:
  • Business
  • Law
  • Engineering
  • Computer science
  • Philosophy and ethics
  • Literature
  • And more.
Here is a list of some of the best edX courses. —– S-FX.com Small Business Solutions is a boutique web design and technology consulting agency geared towards start-up businesses, small businesses and non-profit businesses.  We specialize in implementing low cost technology solutions to maximize efficiency and reduce business operating costs.