Top 5 Low-Cost Online Learning Platforms To Pick New Skills For Achieving Your Career Goals

In today's fast-paced world, if you don't keep picking up new skills in whichever career you are in, you are bound to get left behind.

Thankfully, with the vast sources on the Internet at our disposal, the avenues to pick up new skills from are endless. At the same time, the numerous options can get quite confusing.

Here is a curated list of Top 5 online platforms where you can find high-quality courses from esteemed universities:

1. Coursera

Coursera? is a US-based online platform that partners with top universities and organisations worldwide to offer a wide range of courses, certifications, and degrees.

Coursera

It promises access to 7,000+ world-class courses, hands-on projects, and job-ready certificate programs.

You can search for any topic or skill you are interested in. Based on your search, the courses on offer by various universities will be displayed. Each course has detailed reviews by users and also has a trial period.

If you subscribe, you get a 7-day free trial, during which you can cancel at no penalty. So, you can always get a free trial before enrolling for any course.

Further, the prices for courses are also much lower. Learners can thus pick up many skills at Coursera while also saving money.

2. LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn Learning is an American online learning platform. It provides video courses taught by industry experts in software, creative, and business skills.

LinkedIn Learning

With courses on leadership, management, business and various other skills, LinkedIn Learning can help you transform your career.

A LinkedIn Learning subscription starts at $19.99 / month, but students can get a 1-month (30-day) free trial before subscribing.

3. Duolingo

Duolingo is an American educational technology company that produces learning apps and provides language certification.

Duolingo

Duolingo offers courses on over 40 languages, such as English, French, and Spanish.

Most of its language-learning features are free, but it has periodic advertising in both its mobile and web browser applications, which users can remove by paying a subscription fee or promoting referral links.

4. Udemy

Udemy is an online learning and teaching platform that provides courses on design, marketing, IT and software, business, photography and music, amongst others.

Udemy

Courses at the platform start from Rs 449. There is a substantial collection of free courses available at Udemy as well.

5. Grow With Google

Grow With Google has a selection of courses on offer that help equip the learner with digital skills for the changing landscape.

Google

Google provides learners with career certificates in Cybersecurity, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Digital Marketing & E-commerce, UX Design etc.

You can learn more about the courses on offer here: Grow With Google.

Skills and certificates gained on online platforms not only help save money but also enable learners to learn at their own pace as they are a self-paced learning module.

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