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15 Best Creative Thinking Courses on edX

We compared 15 Creative Thinking courses currently listed on edX, priced from $29.00 to $1,665.00. 10 come from a named university or institution, including Imperial College London, University of Bayreuth and Stellenbosch University. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.

Courses compared
15
Price range
$29.00 – $1,665.00
Providers
edX
Last updated
31 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "creative thinking" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.

The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.

There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $29.00 to $1,665.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    edX MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Creative Thinking: Techniques and Tools for Success

    Offered by Imperial College London

    Learnhow to applytools and techniques to better solve problems, generate ideas, and excel in your chosen career.

    $59.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Model United Nations

    Offered by University of Bayreuth

    Are you a future policymaker, consultant, negotiator, or diplomat? If so, this course is for you! You will acquire skills in negotiation, public speaking, creative thinking, and leadership. Model United Nations (MUN) is...

    $39.00
    listed price
  3. 3
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Higher education learning in the age of AI

    Offered by Stellenbosch University

    This course explores how teachers in higher education can reconsider their approach to students’ learning in the age of AI. This course provides a learning-centred approach to the inclusion of AI when designing students’...

    $149.00
    listed price
  4. 4
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Designing for Change: Environmental Education Research and Practice.

    Offered by Stanford University

    Have you ever wondered how research in psychology, learning sciences, environmental studies, and other fields might be relevant to your environmental education work? Are you curious about where to find and how to use the...

    $48.98
    listed price
  5. 5
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade B University-backed

    Innovation and Entrepreneurship

    Offered by The University of Maryland, College Park

    This course on Innovation and Entrepreneurship explores the processes and principles that underlie successful business practices. You’ll engage with ideas about creating and managing innovative ventures, allowing you to...

    $680.40
    listed price
  6. 6
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade B University-backed

    Design Thinking for Business Leaders

    Offered by Institute of Product Leadership (IPL)

    Design Thinking is an approach that enables even the most traditional thinkers to think innovatively. This course covers the fundamental concepts of Design Thinking for Product Leaders

    $49.00
    listed price
  7. 7
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade B University-backed

    Thinking & Acting like an Entrepreneur

    Offered by RWTH Aachen University

    Discover the entrepreneur inside of you – learn what it takes to turn an idea into a real business and how to put this approach to use within your own company.

    $249.00
    listed price
  8. 8
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade C University-backed

    Corporate Innovation

    Offered by The University of Queensland

    This course on corporate innovation focuses on developing the skills necessary to foster creativity and innovative practices within organizations. You'll explore strategies for creating a culture that embraces change and...

    $1,665.00
    listed price
  9. 9
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade C University-backed

    Identifying Entrepreneurial Opportunities

    Offered by The University of Maryland, College Park

    Learn today’s newest skills and tools for identifying and acting on entrepreneurial opportunities for startup companies and corporate innovations

    $189.00
    listed price
  10. 10
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade C University-backed

    Creativity & Entrepreneurship

    Offered by Berklee College of Music

    Learn skills and listen to examples from world-renown entrepreneurs and innovators as they discuss the parallels between the creative and entrepreneurial journeys -- and why entrepreneurship, much like music or creativit...

    $59.00
    listed price
  11. 11
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade C University-backed

    Developing Breakthrough Innovations with the Three Box Solution

    Offered by Dartmouth College

    An introduction tostrategy and innovation expertVijay Govindarajan's Three Box framework that has the potential to transform any organization that embraces it.

    $249.00
    listed price
  12. 12
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade C Lowest price here

    Soft Skills: Solve Problems w/ Creative & Critical Thinking

    Offered by IBM

    Use critical and creative thinking to analyze and solve any problem you might encounter in the workplace, an extremely valuable skill to have in any profession!

    $29.00
    listed price
  13. 13
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade C

    Mentalidad Emprendedora

    Offered by Tecnológico de Monterrey

    Aprende como el emprendimiento innovador y la forma de innovar de las startups pueden generar valor en el mundo de los negocios.

    $119.00
    listed price
  14. 14
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade D

    AI as a Thinking Partner

    Offered by Microsoft

    Move beyond simple commands and learn to collaborate with AI. This course teaches you to frame questions, challenge assumptions, and engage in dynamic dialogue with AI tools like Gemini to enhance your creativity, critic...

    $55.00
    listed price
  15. 15
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade D

    Organizational innovation and creativity

    Offered by Tecnológico de Monterrey

    Business world faces challenges and opportunities that require innovative approaches and a new set of skills. This online course offers you methodologies for innovation and problem resolution.

    $119.00
    listed price

Best Creative Thinking Courses on edX compared

# Course Provider Offered by Price
1 Creative Thinking: Techniques and Tools for Success edX Imperial College London $59.00 View →
2 Model United Nations edX University of Bayreuth $39.00 View →
3 Higher education learning in the age of AI edX Stellenbosch University $149.00 View →
4 Designing for Change: Environmental Education Research and Practice. edX Stanford University $48.98 View →
5 Innovation and Entrepreneurship edX The University of Maryland, College Park $680.40 View →
6 Design Thinking for Business Leaders edX Institute of Product Leadership (IPL) $49.00 View →
7 Thinking & Acting like an Entrepreneur edX RWTH Aachen University $249.00 View →
8 Corporate Innovation edX The University of Queensland $1,665.00 View →
9 Identifying Entrepreneurial Opportunities edX The University of Maryland, College Park $189.00 View →
10 Creativity & Entrepreneurship edX Berklee College of Music $59.00 View →
11 Developing Breakthrough Innovations with the Three Box Solution edX Dartmouth College $249.00 View →
12 Soft Skills: Solve Problems w/ Creative & Critical Thinking edX IBM $29.00 View →
13 Mentalidad Emprendedora edX Tecnológico de Monterrey $119.00 View →
14 AI as a Thinking Partner edX Microsoft $55.00 View →
15 Organizational innovation and creativity edX Tecnológico de Monterrey $119.00 View →

Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.

What the prices here tell you

The 15 priced courses on this page run from $29.00 to $1,665.00, with the middle of the range around $119.00 — a spread of $1,636.00. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.

Who is behind these courses

These courses come from edX. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 10 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Imperial College London, University of Bayreuth and Stellenbosch University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.

Before you enrol

Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 31 August 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.

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