15 Best Optimization Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Optimization courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $99.00. 10 come from a named university or institution, including National Taiwan University, Imperial College London and Johns Hopkins 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
- $49.00 – $99.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "optimization" 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 $99.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Web Dev: Optimization, Server Processing, and JavaScript
Offered by Logical Operations
To round out your web-development skills, you'll improve web content by adjusting layouts, performing basic search-engine optimization (SEO), and test your website for issues. You'll also submit data to a web server for...
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Coursera CertificateAI Traffic Analysis and Optimization
Offered by Coursera
By completing this course, you will be able to measure, analyze, and optimize AI-driven SEO performance using traffic data, attribution reports, and key performance indicators. AI Traffic Analysis and Optimization focuse...
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Operations Research
Offered by National Taiwan University
This Specialization is intended for undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of business, management, and engineering seeking to learn optimization techniques and applications. Through four courses, we will cove...
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Mathematics for Machine Learning
Offered by Imperial College London
For a lot of higher level courses in Machine Learning and Data Science, you find you need to freshen up on the basics in mathematics - stuff you may have studied before in school or university, but which was taught in an...
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Business Analytics with Excel: Intermediate to Advanced
Offered by Johns Hopkins University
This Business Analytics course in Excel is the second of a three part series, with the intended audience business professionals, MBA students, advanced undergraduates, and analysts who already understand basic analytics...
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Algebra and Differential Calculus for Data Science
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
Are you interested in Data Science but lack the math background for it? Has math always been a tough subject that you tend to avoid? This course will teach you the most fundamental Calculus concepts that you will need fo...
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DevOps, DataOps, MLOps
Offered by Duke University
Learn how to apply Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) to solve real-world problems. The course covers end-to-end solutions with Artificial Intelligence (AI) pair programming using technologies like GitHub Copilot to bui...
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Advanced Algorithms and Complexity
Offered by University of California San Diego
In previous courses of our online specialization you've learned the basic algorithms, and now you are ready to step into the area of more complex problems and algorithms to solve them. Advanced algorithms build upon basi...
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Integral Calculus through Data and Modeling
Offered by Johns Hopkins University
This specialization builds on topics introduced in single and multivariable differentiable calculus to develop the theory and applications of integral calculus. , The focus on the specialization is to using calculus to a...
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Differential Calculus through Data and Modeling
Offered by Johns Hopkins University
This specialization provides an introduction to topics in single and multivariable calculus, and focuses on using calculus to address questions in the natural and social sciences. Students will learn to use the tools of...
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Dynamic Programming, Greedy Algorithms
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
This course covers basic algorithm design techniques such as divide and conquer, dynamic programming, and greedy algorithms. It concludes with a brief introduction to intractability (NP-completeness) and using linear/int...
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Applied AI for Engineers and Scientists: Foundations
Offered by University of Glasgow
This Specialization is designed for engineering and general science students to learn and apply AI techniques most effectively and efficiently. Unlike Specializations for computer science students, the most popular and e...
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Differential Calculus Fundamentals
Offered by University of Huddersfield
Master the essential concepts of differential calculus and develop expertise in analyzing rates of change and solving optimization problems. In this comprehensive course, you'll learn to calculate derivatives from first...
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Analytics for Decision Making
Offered by University of Minnesota
The field of analytics is typically built on four pillars: Descriptive Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Causal Analytics, and Prescriptive Analytics. Descriptive analytics (e.g., visualization, BI) deal with the explorat...
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Computational Methods in Pricing and Model Calibration
Offered by Columbia University
This course focuses on computational methods in option and interest rate, product’s pricing and model calibration. The first module will introduce different types of options in the market, followed by an in-depth discuss...
$99.00listed price
Best Optimization Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Web Dev: Optimization, Server Processing, and JavaScript | Coursera | Logical Operations | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | AI Traffic Analysis and Optimization | Coursera | Coursera | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Operations Research | Coursera | National Taiwan University | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Mathematics for Machine Learning | Coursera | Imperial College London | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Business Analytics with Excel: Intermediate to Advanced | Coursera | Johns Hopkins University | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Algebra and Differential Calculus for Data Science | Coursera | University of Colorado Boulder | $49.00 | View → |
| 7 | DevOps, DataOps, MLOps | Coursera | Duke University | $49.00 | View → |
| 8 | Advanced Algorithms and Complexity | Coursera | University of California San Diego | $79.00 | View → |
| 9 | Integral Calculus through Data and Modeling | Coursera | Johns Hopkins University | $49.00 | View → |
| 10 | Differential Calculus through Data and Modeling | Coursera | Johns Hopkins University | $49.00 | View → |
| 11 | Dynamic Programming, Greedy Algorithms | Coursera | University of Colorado Boulder | $99.00 | View → |
| 12 | Applied AI for Engineers and Scientists: Foundations | Coursera | University of Glasgow | $49.00 | View → |
| 13 | Differential Calculus Fundamentals | Coursera | University of Huddersfield | $49.00 | View → |
| 14 | Analytics for Decision Making | Coursera | University of Minnesota | $49.00 | View → |
| 15 | Computational Methods in Pricing and Model Calibration | Coursera | Columbia University | $99.00 | View → |
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