Online short courses. Website recommendations? (OU-esque)

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Looking for a short course/qualification that I can slot around my day to day job.

I have found this so far:

Short Courses | Online Learning | The Open University

A full list of our flexible, online short courses. Designed for personal Interest and professional development. Find out more.
www.open.ac.uk www.open.ac.uk

....but it doesn't have the area I am looking for (more marketing/customer behaviour)

Any other recommendations?

EDIT: To be honest, LinkedIn Learning also looks decent?
 
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Stick to well recommended Udemy/Coursera type things. Don't think you need to pay for them to be good. Look for proper names like Russell Group/Ivy League created ones.
 
See:
www.coursera.org

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www.edx.org

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www.udacity.com

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In udacity is slightly different in that it offers "nanodegrees" and plenty of (but not all) the courses are in-house ones or developed for those nanodegrees in association with companies/unis, Coursera and EdX are more like platforms for external providers (though in the case of coursera both the founders are academics and offer their own courses on there).

Udemy is a bit more open and anyone can provide courses there so the quality and content might vary a bit more where as those others are seemingly restricted to tech companies and universities.

Some degrees and credit-bearing courses are available via these platforms too (and will cost more).

As you're doing this for a "qualification" just note these aren't necessarily seen that way unless they're credit-bearing courses and you ought to be careful in how you present them on your CV.

If you've actually enrolled at a university to get a degree or a postgrad certificate or diploma via one of these platforms then it absolutely belongs with the rest of your formal education. If however you've just registered on one of those sites for a short course and paid a small fee for a verified certificate then don't try and pass it off as having actually attended the big brand name university, that's going to come across at best as a bit cringe and potentially make you look rather dishonest.
 
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Coursera courses from big established universities are well worth doing, and free. I did the Stanford Machine Learning one last year which was very good, paid a few quid for the certificate at the end.
 
SideWinder said:
Amazing thank you.

Any insight into: https://www.section4.com/courses/all-courses ?
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Never heard of it but I think there are a few out there providing MBA-lite type courses. There are also things like Quantic offering an MBA (though I'm not sure it's accredited by the usual MBA accrediting orgs, albeit it's cheaper than a lot of typical MBAs).

quantic.edu

The Modern MBA | Quantic School of Business and Technology

Discover your potential with Quantic. Affordable, flexible, and innovative online MBA programs designed to fit your lifestyle. Start your journey to success today!
quantic.edu quantic.edu

It does appear to have some sort of accreditation for the degree though.

This one is quite interesting, a quant trading firm offers a completely free 2 year part time "MSc" degree in Financial Engineering, it also appears to be accredited in the US (I'm not sure I'd bank on it being recognised in the same way as an established course but it does appear to cover the sort of material you'd expect it to cover and... it's free! They also have a 16 week applied data science certificate:

Home | WQU.edu

www.wqu.edu www.wqu.edu

If you just want to study Business/MBA stuff then there is plenty on coursera, for example, they have a few Wharton courses and that's often ranked as number 1 or at least one of the top business schools in the world:

www.coursera.org

Best Wharton Courses & Certificates [2025] | Coursera Learn Online

Learn Wharton or improve your skills online today. Choose from a wide range of Wharton courses offered from top universities and industry leaders. Our Wharton courses are perfect for individuals or for corporate Wharton training to upskill your workforce.
www.coursera.org www.coursera.org
 
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