20 Best Instructional Design MOOC / Non-credit Programs Online
We compared 20 Instructional Design courses currently listed on Udemy, edX and Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $350.00. 12 come from a named university or institution, including University of Cape Town, The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Stanford 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
- 20
- Price range
- $49.00 – $350.00
- Providers
- Udemy, edX, Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 20 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Udemy, edX, Coursera, matched to "Instructional Design" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
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 $49.00 to $350.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Udemy MOOC / Non-creditThe Absolute Basics of Instructional Design
Looking to grasp the foundations of instructional design in a straightforward, easily digestible manner?"The Absolute Basics of Instructional Design" is the ideal starting point for you. This course is your gateway to th...
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Instructional Design
Offered by University of Cape Town
Gain up-to-date skills to build effective training programs as an instructional designer.
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edX MOOC / Non-creditAI-Powered Instructional Design with Copilot
Offered by Microsoft
This course equips educators and instructional designers with the skills to leverage Generative AI. Learn to use Microsoft Copilot to streamline your workflow, design engaging learning experiences, and ethically integrat...
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Introduction to Transferable Skills
Offered by The University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Introduction to Transferable Skills course is for faculty and other postsecondary instructors who want to improve how their students are learning four “21st century skills”, communication, teamwork, critical thinking...
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The Art and Science of Human Flourishing: Essentials for Educators
Offered by The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Learn to teach, adapt or integrate the evidence-based Art and Science of Human Flourishing course, shown to enhance student well-being. Explore the Center for Healthy Minds well-being framework, review pedagogical approa...
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Performance Assessment in the NGSS Classroom: Course 1
Offered by Stanford University
This course from the Stanford NGSS Assessment Project (SNAP) is designed to guide participants in exploring the role performance assessment can play in helping students meet the goals of the Next Generation Science Stand...
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The Wonders and Challenges of Bible Education
Offered by Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Biblical figures play a central role in understanding the richness of the text and provide extraordinary educational opportunities for engaging students in meaningful discourse about its relevance for their lives. This c...
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Digital Pedagogy and Inclusive Learning Design
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Education is evolving alongside advances in technology, changing learner needs, and growing expectations for accessibility and inclusion. In Digital Pedagogy and Inclusive Learning Design, you'll explore how people learn...
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Learn to Teach Java: Boolean Expressions, If Statements, and Iteration
Offered by University of California San Diego
Learn to program with Boolean Expressions, If Statement, and For and While Loops in Java, and prepare to teach others using the free, online interactive CS Awesome textbook. In this course for teachers we'll guide you bo...
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Foundations of Trauma Informed Pedagogy
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
This course is aimed at anyone who is interested in trauma and education. The MOOC includes four units that cover an introduction to trauma, the trauma-informed framework, issues of equity, and ways to shift your everyda...
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Academic Information Seeking
Offered by Technical University of Denmark (DTU) & University of Copenhagen
This course will introduce you to the basic elements of academic information seeking - we will explore the search process from defining a strategy to evaluating and documenting your search results. Attending the course w...
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Learn to Teach Java: Writing Classes and Arrays
Offered by University of California San Diego
Learn to program using Class design and 1-D Arrays in Java, and prepare to teach others using the free, online interactive CS Awesome textbook. In this course for teachers we'll guide you both in learning Java concepts a...
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The Teacher's Social and Emotional Learning
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
Social and emotional learning, or SEL, programs have flourished in schools during the last decade. While this growth has been impressive, inadequate attention has been paid to teachers’ social and emotional learning. In...
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A tanulás tanulása: Hatékony mentális eszközök, melyek segítenek megbirkózni a nehéz tantárgyakkal (Learning How to Learn)
Offered by Szegedi Tudományegyetem
A kurzus olyan, rendkívül hasznos tanulási módszereket mutat be, amelyeket a művészetek, a zene, az irodalom, a matematika, a természettudományok, a sport és más szakterületek művelői használnak. A kurzus során bemutatju...
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Digital Case Method
Offered by Columbia University
The course is suited for teaching and learning professionals, media professors, university leaders, and educators interested in learning, creating, and using Digital Case Studies. This course will allow learners to tap i...
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Teaching Impacts of Technology in K-12 Education
Offered by University of California San Diego
2% That’s the estimate of how many high school students in all of California took a Computer Science class in 2015. And yet, computers and data are everywhere. Just consider a typical 24 hours in your life … how many dif...
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Capstone Project: Teaching Impacts of Technology
Offered by University of California San Diego
In this project-based course you’ll review the Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles course and exam description guide to prepare for the “Explore Task”, where students must research a recent computing innovatio...
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Active Learning in STEM with PhET Interactive Simulations
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
Learn how to engage your students and enhance learning in math and science with free virtual labs and simulations from the University of Colorado Boulder's PhET Interactive Simulations project (https://phet.colorado.edu/...
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An Introduction to Learning Experience Design (LXD)
Offered by University of Michigan
An Introduction to Learning Experience Design will equip you with a broad knowledge of the field of learning experience design. This includes knowledge of key design activities, tools that learning experience designers (...
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Prompt Engineering for Educators
Offered by Vanderbilt University
Unlock the transformative potential of AI in education with the "Prompt Engineering for Educators" specialization, tailored specifically for the teaching profession. This program will guide educators through the process...
$49.00listed price
Best Instructional Design MOOC / Non-credit Programs Online compared
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