20 Best Personal Development MOOC / Non-credit Programs Online
We compared 20 Personal Development courses currently listed on Udemy, edX and Coursera, priced from $13.00 to $199.00. 14 come from a named university or institution, including Unicamp, Stellenbosch University and Doane 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
- $13.00 – $199.00
- 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 "Personal Development" 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 $13.00 to $199.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Udemy MOOC / Non-creditPersonal Development- A course on taking back your life!
Welcome to this course on taking back control of your life. Do you feel that life isn't moving in any meaningful direction ? Do you often feel life is unfair and you wish for a better life but you also feel uninspi...
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Como escolher o melhor para sua carreira
Offered by Unicamp
O curso é fundamentado na ideia de que a sua carreira deve ser administrada de maneira semelhante a que empresas administram seus produtos no mercado. A lógica deste curso se baseia na ideia de que a SUA CARREIRA É O SEU...
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Udemy MOOC / Non-creditThe Course: Part 1: Mental/Emotional and Spiritual Mastery
What would your life be like if you knew you had mastered the skills to communicate precisely, instantly feel the emotions you choose in any moment, live from a perspective that you know to be the real you--the you that...
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Exploring South African Sign Language and South African Deaf Culture
Offered by Stellenbosch University
Embracing and learning more about South African Sign Language (SASL) and Deaf culture is a good way to broaden one’s outlook on life and deepen your understanding and empathy for others. This self-paced course, expertly...
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Professional Business Presentations
Offered by Doane University
Professional Business Presentations, will dive into the world of presenting information both in written and verbal form. This course discusses how to effectively create presentations with quality formatting, the proper d...
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Designing Your Career
Offered by Stanford University
Welcome to the Designing Your Career module. Whether you’re exploring what you might want to do next or you’ve already identified a role or organization that you would like to be a part of, this short module is structure...
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Graduate Studies in Japan
Offered by Institute of Science Tokyo
This course is designed to help you navigate through your journey in graduate school at the Japanese university of your dreams and beyond. The course will introduce you to universities in different regions of Japan and d...
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Meaning Patterns: An Introduction to Multimodal Semiotics
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
What is meaning, and how does it work, not just in language but in images, spaces, objects, bodies, sounds, and gestures? This course offers a powerful framework for answering that question: a transpositional grammar of...
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Logic and Evidence in Persuasion
Offered by Arizona State University
Elevate your analytical skills with this advanced course from Arizona State University, where the focus shifts to the deep mechanics of logic and evidence synthesis. You will move beyond basic persuasion to master "Under...
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Professional Skills: Creative Thinking
Offered by Arizona State University
Fuel your innovation with powerful tools to unlock new ideas. Learn to think creatively in real-world situations through a course designed for flexible, hands-on learning. Creative thinking is more than a skill — it's a...
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Communication Skills for Engineers
Offered by Rice University
Build a toolkit of communication skills that will give you the knowledge and confidence to be an effective engineering leader. Engineers who want to advance in their profession need to be effective communicators. They ne...
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Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking
Offered by Duke University
By taking Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking you will improve your ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments by other people (including politicians, used car salesmen, and teachers) and also to constr...
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Learn English Now: Intermediate Communication
Offered by Arizona State University
In this Specialization, you will build intermediate English communication skills through timely, global topics that move from technology and customs to nature and sustainability, then to psychology and sociology. Across...
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Advanced Leadership Skills & Communication
Offered by University of Huddersfield
Welcome to our "Advanced Leadership Skills & Communication" course, your gateway to mastering effective leadership and transformative communication techniques. This course continues the exploration of leadership theories...
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Finding Purpose and Meaning In Life: Living for What Matters Most
Offered by University of Michigan
Welcome to Finding Purpose and Meaning in Life: Living for What Matters Most! In this course, you’ll learn how science, philosophy and practice all play a role in both finding your purpose and living a purposeful life. Y...
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Become a Peer Sponsor: Intro to Military Transition Support
Offered by Columbia University
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veteran Sponsorship Initiative (VSI) provides manualized, certification training to individuals interested in supporting service members and veterans as they transition from military s...
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Como influenciar pessoas
Offered by University of Michigan
Este curso irá aprimorar sua capacidade de influenciar pessoas em situações nas quais não é possível recorrer à autoridade formal. Você aprenderá formas eficazes de criar, desenvolver e manter uma base de poder em sua or...
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Professional Skills: Assessing Conflict
Offered by Arizona State University
Develop the skills to recognize and understand conflict before it escalates. This course helps you identify conflict types, assess reactions, and apply effective resolution strategies. Conflict is unavoidable, but managi...
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Szemléletváltás
Offered by McMaster University
A Szemléletváltás célja, hogy segítsen fellendíteni a karrieredet és az életedet a mai felgyorsult tanulási környezetben. A Szemléletváltás életkortól és életszakasztól függetlenül megtanít olyan alapvető dolgokra, mint...
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Collaborate Effectively for Professional Success
Offered by IBM
Collaboration is not just the act of working together. It goes beyond that. Through collaboration, you can accomplish much more than what you would if you worked alone. Having the skills to communicate with the people yo...
$49.00listed price
Best Personal Development MOOC / Non-credit Programs Online compared
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