15 Best Communication Skills Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Communication Skills courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $99.00. 12 come from a named university or institution, including University of Colorado Boulder, Duke University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 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 "communication skills" 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 $49.00 to $99.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Communication skills for engineering scholars
Offered by Politecnico di Milano
The course teaches engineering scholars how to improve their communication skills, based on theory, examples and practical exercises. Topics include basics of rhetoric (how to be clear), basics of argumentation theory (h...
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Project Management: Foundations and Initiation
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
Project Management: Foundations and Initiation provides learners with the foundational knowledge and practical tools to manage and initiate projects in real organizational settings. Project managers are responsible for m...
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Data Analysis with R
Offered by Duke University
In this Specialization, you will learn to analyze and visualize data in R and create reproducible data analysis reports, demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the unified nature of statistical inference, perform freq...
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Moving the Needle at Work: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
This course aims to assist managers and aspiring leaders to better understand their own identity, enhance their awareness of their own needs and the needs of others, improve their ability to lead inclusive teams, and cre...
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Data Visualization and Communication with Tableau
Offered by Duke University
One of the skills that characterizes great business data analysts is the ability to communicate practical implications of quantitative analyses to any kind of audience member. Even the most sophisticated statistical anal...
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Chinese for HSK 1
Offered by Peking University
Nǐ hǎo! 你好！Welcome to Chinese for HSK Level 1 - a Chinese course for beginners. My name is YU Bin. I am very happy to meet you here! HSK stands for Hànyǔ (Chinese) Shuǐpíng (level) Kǎoshì (test), which is the most imp...
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Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Offered by ESSEC IRENE
Mediation is a crucial means to reaching peaceful and agreed solutions in today’s world – on an international, political, industrial, peace-keeping or social level. With the course you will be able to choose and lead a m...
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Accelerate: Professional Development with an Advanced Degree
Offered by University of Minnesota
This specialization helps graduate students, postdocs, and advanced degree holders take a strategic approach to professional development and career planning. Through four focused courses—on Individual Development Plans (...
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Professional Skills: Conflict Management and Negotiation
Offered by Arizona State University
In today's fast-paced, high-stakes environments, conflict is inevitable. The Conflict Management and Negotiation specialization—built with Kristyn Carmichael, Training Director for the Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center...
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Conflict Management
Offered by University of California, Irvine
Master the fundamentals of conflict resolution, harness the power of positive conflict, and hone your intercultural communication skills. In this Specialization, you’ll learn to strengthen your personal and professional...
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Working Smarter with AI
Offered by University of California, Davis
Ready to move beyond experimenting with AI? This Specialization helps you confidently use generative AI tools to get real work done—from drafting and editing content to refining and improving your ideas. You’ll learn pra...
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Advanced Guest Experience and Service Leadership in Dubai
Offered by Dubai College of Tourism
Welcome to Advanced Guest Experience and Service Leadership in Dubai. This course is designed for learners who already understand the basics of service and want to elevate their skills to a professional and leadership re...
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Healthcare Project Management: Fundamentals to Practice
Offered by Minnesota State University, Mankato
This 3-course Specialization prepares you to lead healthcare projects from initiation through evaluation and sustainment. You will learn how to identify project opportunities, define goals and success measures, analyze s...
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Perfect Tenses and Modals
Offered by University of California, Irvine
This is the first course in the Learn English: Intermediate Grammar specialization. In this course, you will learn about important intermediate verb tenses, including present perfect, present perfect progressive, past pe...
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Generative AI Leadership & Strategy
Offered by Vanderbilt University
The Generative AI Leadership & Strategy Specialization on Coursera is an innovative program designed to empower leaders with the skills needed to harness the full potential of large language models like ChatGPT, revoluti...
$49.00listed price
Best Communication Skills Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Communication skills for engineering scholars | Coursera | Politecnico di Milano | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Project Management: Foundations and Initiation | Coursera | University of Colorado Boulder | $99.00 | View → |
| 3 | Data Analysis with R | Coursera | Duke University | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Moving the Needle at Work: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | Coursera | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Data Visualization and Communication with Tableau | Coursera | Duke University | $79.00 | View → |
| 6 | Chinese for HSK 1 | Coursera | Peking University | $79.00 | View → |
| 7 | Mediation and Conflict Resolution | Coursera | ESSEC IRENE | $79.00 | View → |
| 8 | Accelerate: Professional Development with an Advanced Degree | Coursera | University of Minnesota | $49.00 | View → |
| 9 | Professional Skills: Conflict Management and Negotiation | Coursera | Arizona State University | $49.00 | View → |
| 10 | Conflict Management | Coursera | University of California, Irvine | $49.00 | View → |
| 11 | Working Smarter with AI | Coursera | University of California, Davis | $49.00 | View → |
| 12 | Advanced Guest Experience and Service Leadership in Dubai | Coursera | Dubai College of Tourism | $49.00 | View → |
| 13 | Healthcare Project Management: Fundamentals to Practice | Coursera | Minnesota State University, Mankato | $49.00 | View → |
| 14 | Perfect Tenses and Modals | Coursera | University of California, Irvine | $79.00 | View → |
| 15 | Generative AI Leadership & Strategy | Coursera | Vanderbilt University | $49.00 | 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 $49.00 to $99.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $50.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. 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 Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 12 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Colorado Boulder, Duke University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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