10 Best e-Learning Courses on edX
We compared 10 E-learning courses currently listed on edX, priced from $29.00 to $267.30. 2 come from a named university or institution, including The University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Cape Town. 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
- 10
- Price range
- $29.00 – $267.30
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 10 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "e-learning" 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 $267.30, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Design, Build, & Implement
Offered by The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Take everything you have learned about online education, online learning ojectives, activities and assessments, and content and knowledge to start designing and building your online course in a learning management system...
$125.00listed price -
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Content & Engagement
Offered by The University of Wisconsin-Madison
A successful online course requires appropriate content and ways for learners to engage and interact. This includes best practices to teaching, technologies specific for online teaching, and appropriate course supports.
$125.00listed price -
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Docencia digital
Offered by Universidades Anáhuac
This course focuses on digital teaching methods, designed to enhance your skills in delivering educational content online. It covers various strategies and tools that educators can use to create engaging and effective di...
$105.30listed price -
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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.
Price on site -
5
How to Learn Online
Offered by edX
This course will prepare you with strategies to be a successful online learner. The edX learning team has curated powerful, science-backed techniques which you can start using right away on any learning platform. This co...
$29.00listed price -
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Designing, Building, & Running an edX Course
Offered by edX
This course on edX teaches you how to design, build, and run your own online courses effectively. You'll delve into the key principles of course development and learn how to engage and manage your learners throughout, ma...
$267.30listed price -
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AI-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...
$55.00listed price -
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Managing Virtual Classrooms
Offered by Microsoft
Build practical skills for virtual teaching: choose platform tools, plan structured online lessons, facilitate interaction, support inclusion and accessibility, manage common issues, assess learning, and deliver a short...
$55.00listed price -
9
Digital Learning Design
Offered by ZHAW
Create compelling digital learning experiences using cognitive science, structured design models, and the adaptive design tool myScripting
$139.00listed price -
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$139.00listed price
Best e-Learning Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Design, Build, & Implement | edX | The University of Wisconsin-Madison | $125.00 | View → |
| 2 | Content & Engagement | edX | The University of Wisconsin-Madison | $125.00 | View → |
| 3 | Docencia digital | edX | Universidades Anáhuac | $105.30 | View → |
| 4 | Instructional Design | edX | University of Cape Town | — | View → |
| 5 | How to Learn Online | edX | edX | $29.00 | View → |
| 6 | Designing, Building, & Running an edX Course | edX | edX | $267.30 | View → |
| 7 | AI-Powered Instructional Design with Copilot | edX | Microsoft | $55.00 | View → |
| 8 | Managing Virtual Classrooms | edX | Microsoft | $55.00 | View → |
| 9 | Digital Learning Design | edX | ZHAW | $139.00 | View → |
| 10 | 10-hour Teaching Online | edX | TEFL Org | $139.00 | 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 9 priced courses on this page run from $29.00 to $267.30, with the middle of the range around $125.00 — a spread of $238.30. 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. 2 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including The University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Cape Town — 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 30 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.