Are you feeling bored while staying at home quarantine during the Coronavirus pandemic? Besides of watching movies and/or playing video games, you can invest your valuable time in learning a new skill or advancing any of your current skill in which you are stuck at mediocre level. Don’t worry! You don’t need to set off from home risking your life to attain any offline training. We are asking about online courses which are available at free/reasonable cost. It will not only keep your mind engaged during quarantine days, but also help you to achieve professional goal in the post-quarantine days. In this article we are going to discuss some of best online learning platforms which you can explore to find courses under your chosen category.
Udemy
If you are looking for reputed online platform to take free online courses regarding article finance and accounting, writing, blogging, office productivity, graphic design, programming, business management, marketing, business development, etc., you can check out Udemy.com.
Offering a wide variety of courses, Udemy is goldmine for those who are eager to hone their skill and/or always wish to learn something new. Udemy has won the heart of millions of people worldwide for their variety of courses at a reasonable price along with numerous free courses. Here you have to pay for each course individually. In your home quarantine period you can take advantage of this platform.
While you choose a free/paid course on Udemy, make sure it has high ratings with good reviews unless it might waste your time and/or money. Furthermore, holding a business account can unlock unlimited relevant courses for the team members under desired fields, which can be a great windfall for any business owner.
Skillshare
In this American online learning platform, you learn various skills through watching educational videos. Skillshare arranges course catalogue in different fields including writing, advertising, design, publishing, entrepreneurship, technology, business, fashion, design, media, film, video editing, lifestyle, photography, creative arts, cooking, music, gaming, etc. All of these online courses have been designed as self-paced including learner response, technical tutorial, etc. Therefore you can take these courses at your own pace complying with your own convenient timing.
To take courses in the Skillshare learning platform you have to subscribe with a monthly or yearly fee. Then it will open an ocean of wide range of skills in front of you. Most of the Skillshare courses mainly focus on interaction instead of one-way lecturing. The goal of each course is to teach the student through completion of a project. The unaccredited courses are also attainable through subscription.
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn always steps ahead of the other social networking platforms, through promoting career, practicing professionalism and encouraging the members towards new skills. Activating your Premium subscription through a monthly or yearly fee, you can get access to plentiful online courses, designed to support the members to achieve better career prospects. In your Coronavirus quarantine, you can learn a skill in LinkedIn.
The LinkedIn courses range from beginner-level short term course to in-depth specialist training. The specialty of LinkedIn courses is the illustration of learning paths. If you want to get specialize on a certain field like ‘Manager.’ This path will show a break down into several courses. Now it behooves upon you to pick the most relevant course complying with your career goal or current needs. What is more? LinkedIn may allow you to add certifications to your LinkedIn profile. Thus, you can improve your online resume showcasing your level of expertise. It is no less than a blessing when you are hunting jobs online especially in LinkedIn.
Coursera
Stanford professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller founded Coursera in 2012 with a view to unlock the door of massive open online courses (MOOC), specializations, and degrees to general people worldwide. This American online learning platform gives you the golden opportunity to learn from great mentors from any corner of the world.
Coursera works in coordination with diverse universities and prestigious organizations to offer online courses, specializations, and degrees diverse fields, like digital marketing, social sciences, engineering, biology, business, machine learning, humanities, data science, mathematics, computer science, medicine, etc.
A range of top-ranked universities around the world took the responsibility of designing courses for Coursera, which makes it a great professional online learning platform. On completion of course in this platform, you will get a certificate from a renowned university and not just a “Coursera degree”. Many Coursera courses are offered at free of charge. But you need to pay a nominal fee if you want to receive the official credential.
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