[Updated 3rd Aug] Free Online Certificate Courses You Can Start During COVID-19 Epidemic

7 min readApr 18, 2020

Being in quarantine can be challenging, but it gives us a great amount of time to focus on self-development and brush up our skills in new technologies for starting a new career but how there has been a huge demand across the world for online courses as schools and universities continue to shut down due to Covid19.

So, I find it great that many online course providers like Coursera, Google Cloud, Oracle, Packt, and many more are offering free courses for a limited time, but they are a little hard to find among all the paid courses.

While all these courses are providing verified certificates are for free you can take add to your resume and LinkedIn profiles and enhance your career, in my view, it is the knowledge that matters by doing some projects than having a certification.

Coursera

Coursera is an American online learning platform founded in 2012 by Stanford professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller that offers massive open online courses, specializations, and degrees.

Yes, you heard it right, Coursera is providing the free certificate course for free till 31st Dec 2020

University and college students, learn for free with Coursera

Continue building in-demand career skills during COVID-19 with full access to 3,800 courses. Enroll in courses by Dec 31, 2020, to learn for free through Dec 31st, 2020, Click Here to Enroll

Free online courses for high school students: from calculus to guitar for beginners, they’ve rounded up courses to help high school students everywhere keep learning.
Free online courses for college students: from preparing for an interview to learning data science, they’ve collected courses to make it easier to keep learning.
Free online courses for career development: from creative problem solving to personal branding, we identified courses to help you build important career skills.
Free online courses for building your cloud technology career: from machine learning to cloud computing, they’ve curated a set of courses to help you grow your career in an increasingly digital world.
Free online courses for understanding public health: from the science behind COVID-19 to communicating during global emergencies, they’re making popular public health courses completely free.
Free online courses in Spanish: from wellness to professional development, we’re making popular Spanish-language courses available for free.

Microsoft

Pluralsight has Partnered with Microsoft to offer Skill Assessments, and over 200+ courses, 40+ Skill IQs and 8 Role IQs for Free to Learn and Receive Azure Role-Based Certifications: Click Here to Enroll

Microsoft launches initiative to help 25 million people worldwide acquire the digital skills needed in a COVID-19 economy

Microsoft Makes 250+ Hours of LinkedIn Learning Content Available for Free

To provide people with easier access to the soft skills needed to pursue a new job, we are offering free access to four horizontal LinkedIn Learning paths. These are:

Jobseeker — Finding a Job During Challenging Economic Times
Critical soft skills — Master In-Demand Professional Soft Skills
Digital transformation — Digital Transformation in Practice: Virtual Collaboration Tools
Allyship and inclusive conversations — Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging for All

Click Here to View More

Cisco Academy

Cisco Networking Academy is an IT skills and career-building program for learning institutions and individuals worldwide. Self-paced courses are designed they are providing free courses on

Google Cloud

Google Cloud is providing training on the google cloud platform for 30 days from date of enrollment from 3 different platforms Qwiklabs, Pluralsight, and Coursera Click here to redeem

Oracle University

Oracle University is providing users with free access to an extensive library of materials for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Autonomous Database, as well as content related to topics such as data science, machine learning, and multi-cloud environments such as integration with Microsoft Azure.

Access learning paths through the links below:

You can find more resources at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Hands-on Labs

Free Oracle cloud courses on Plural Sight for 1 year: Click Here to Enroll

Packt

Free Workshop Access One year of access to any interactive workshop is currently available at no charge for registered Packt users. Offer expires July 31st, 2020.

Web Development: Get to grips with the fundamentals of the modern web
Data Science: Understand how modern, effective data analysis is done
Programming Languages: Learn a new software development language step-by-step

To Unlock one year of free online access Click here

Unity Learn

Unity is committed to supporting our community of creators during this challenging time. Get three months of complimentary access to Unity Learn Premium, and join Create with Code Live, a virtual course for students, teachers, or anyone interested in learning to code.

Build the skills to bring your vision to life. Develop your skills and your career with resources to learn at your own pace, or with Unity experts.

IBM

IBM has helped its clients successfully manage through many global crises over its 109-year history. We are committed to your success and are here to assist you and your organization. Please take care of yourself, your clients, your family, and your friends

IBM is offering Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Programs on Coursera free for the first 30 days until the 31st Dec 2020. Click here to enroll

Also 100+ Free IBM Training Courses: Includes courses about IBM’s Cloud and Watson platforms, and professional development in general.

This is our list of free courses*:

Click here to see IBM Cloud.
Click here to see IBM Watson.
Click here to see IBM Watson IoT.
Click here to see IBM Systems.
Click here to see IBM Professional Skills.
Click here to see IBM Finance & Operations.
Click here to see IBM Watson Health.

IBM Also providing 1 Month Free Access to all its Data Science and AI Specializations On Coursera till 31 Dec 2020 Click Here to Enroll

Future Learn

FutureLearn’s purpose is to transform access to education.

Artificial Intelligence: Discover the ability of artificial intelligence to transform your everyday life and reshape the way you work.
Digital Marketing: Learn about some of the different digital marketing strategies and techniques that are available for businesses to use.

And many more

JetBrains Academy is currently in the early stages of development. While in early access, the use of JetBrains Academy tools is free of charge. … Hyper skill is a third party platform for JetBrains Academy’s learning experience.

Includes tracks for learning Java, Kotlin, Python, and web development. Requires simple sign-up. Although not related to the pandemic, the platform happens to temporarily be in free early access. 150+ Hours of Free Courses click to enroll.

Real Python

Real Python provides Python tutorials for developers of all skill levels, Python books and courses, Python news, code examples, articles, and more

Clicking the link below gives you lifetime access to the following video courses on Real Python — no strings attached whatsoever:

How to Publish Your Own Python Package to PyPI
Traditional Face Detection With Python
Functional Programming in Python
Cool New Features in Python 3.8

Click to enroll

SAS Academy

SAS Academy for Data Science, SAS Learning Subscription, customer intelligence resources among free offerings. SAS releases free online learning offerings in response to COVID-19

1-Month Free Data Science Courses Includes programs in AI and machine learning, data curation, and advanced analytics. These normally cost $1295 per year each. Click to enroll

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