Top 10 Websites for Online Courses and Certifications

John Rakon July 10, 2020

The current challenges facing traditional colleges and universities — including higher tuition, budget cuts, and course shortages — cause many students to search for alternatives. With nearly three million students currently enrolled in fully online programs and six million taking at least one online course as part of their degree, online education has clearly become one of the most popular higher education alternatives. The continually improving reputation of online learning helped fuel its expansion, as initial skepticism faltered in the face of evidence showing that online learning can be just as effective as face-to-face education.
All of this means that students, from working professionals to recent high school graduates, find many reasons to take all or some of their courses online. The following list includes 10 websites for online learning.

9. Corporate Finance Institute® (CFI)

10. Open2Study

Top 10 Websites for Online Courses and Certifications

1. Udemy

Traffic: 74.5 million

Udemy is the top online learning wesbite, measured by traffic. It operates a platform where individuals or businesses can create their own courses and market them on Udemy’s platform. Popular topics include: development, business, IT, personal development, design, marketing, music, health, and more.

Udemy is known as a price discounter and while courses are listed in the $100-$2000 range they almost always 90% off. The quality of courses on Udemy varies significantly, as most of the teachers are making courses as a hobby.

Visit :Udemy.com

2. Khan Academy

Traffic: 51.8 million

Khan Academy is a nonprofit online learning website that offers free courses on a wide range of topics. It was founded in 2006 by Salman Khan and the organization produces lessons in the form of YouTube videos. Topics include: math, science, computing, arts, economics, test prep, and university lessons.

Khan academy became famous for offering free courses and receiving $1.5 million in donations from Bill Gates (read more here).

Visit :khanacademy.com

3. Coursera

Traffic: 37.2 million

Coursera is one of the top online learning websites and has a model of partnering with universities and professors. The company offers courses, specializations, and online degrees. Popular subjects include arts, business, computer science, data science, physics, social sciences, language, and more.

Much of Coursera’s learning can be taken for free, but students must pay for certifications and degrees, which can cost up to $25,000.

Visit :Coursera.com

4. edX

Traffic: 22.4 million

edX was started in 2012 and offers massive open online courses (MOOCs) focused on university-level courses. edX is a non-profit and offers free and paid courses and certifications via its online platform.

Partner schools on the edX platform include Harvard (founder), MIT (founder), Berkeley, Brown, Colombia, Dartmouth, McGill, University of Pennsylvania, and many more.

Visit :edx.com

5. Udacity

Traffic: 16.2 million

Udacity operates an eLearning website that offers MOOCs and self-paced courses on a wide range of topics, with a heavy focus on computer science. Udacity offers individual courses and nano-degrees. Popular subjects are: artificial intelligence (AI), data science, programming and development, autonomous systems, and business topics.

Course prices range from free to around $2,000 for a nano-degree.

Visit :udacity.com

6. Lynda

Traffic: 15.2 million

Lynda was a pioneer in the eLearning industry, founded in 1995. The website offers hundreds of courses on a wide range of topics including: software development, design, business, web development, photography, and more.

Lynda was acquired by LinkedIn for $1.5 billion in 2015.

Visit :Lynda.com

7. FutureLearn

Traffic: 4.5 million

FutureLearn is an online education wesbite owned by The Open University in England. It is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) eLearning platform that partners with both universities and industry professionals. Popular course categories include business and management, health and psychology, tech and coding, and teaching.

The platform offers courses, programs, and degrees that range from free to approximately £15,000 GBP.

Visit :FutureLearn.com

8. MasterClass

Traffic: 2.5 million

MasterClass is a platform where students are taught by experts (or “celebrity” instructors) in various fields. The classes have a high production value and may feel closer to a documentary or a type of entertainment, as compared to more traditional courses.

Celebrity instructors include: Martin Scorsese, Malcolm Gladwell, deadmau5, Steve Martin, Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Aguilera, Serena Williams, User, Wolfgang Puck, and more.

Visit :masterclass.com

9. Corporate Finance Institute® (CFI)

Traffic: 1.6 million

Corporate Finance Institute® (CFI) was founded in 2016 as a joint venture with MDA Training Inc., a UK-based financial training company with over 20 years of experience delivering Analyst and Associate training programs at global investment banks. CFI’s courses are based on programs that have been delivered to BlackRock, Credit Suisse, HSBC, JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Merry Lynch, Bank of America, Citi, and more.

CFI provides the Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)TM certification program, the global standard for careers that require financial modeling and analysis in Excel.

Visit :corporatefinanceinstitute.com

10. Open2Study

Traffic: 0.7 million

Open2Study offer both free and accredited online courses and is backed by Open Universities Australia (OUA). The majority of students are based in Australia, however, courses are offered to students globally around the world. Course topics include: education, arts, humanities, science, and business.

Visit :open2study.com

Hope you liked this list of top online learning websites. If you think i missed out some worth mentioning site please do comment down below

Happy learning!!!