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8 Best Global Business Courses on Coursera

We compared 8 Global Business courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 5 come from a named university or institution, including University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Yonsei University and University of California, Irvine. 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
8
Price range
$49.00 – $79.00
Providers
Coursera
Last updated
30 Aug 2026
How these 8 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "global business" 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 $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera Certificate Grade A Lowest price here University-backed

    Global Challenges in Business

    Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    This specialization prepares students for the global challenges that businesses face in the 21st century. The global marketplace now and in the future spans emerging markets, a world connected by social media, and rapid...

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Intro to International Marketing

    Offered by Yonsei University

    About this Course This course brings together two key subjects, International Marketing and Cross Industry Innovation. It will provide the basic foundations of international marketing and then explain how companies can g...

    $59.00
    listed price
  3. 3
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Essential English for Business Professionals

    Offered by University of California, Irvine

    This specialization is intended for business professionals or students seeking to improve their English language skills by using business related content. Through three courses, you will cover, for example, topics relate...

    $49.00
    listed price
  4. 4
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B University-backed

    Financial Management Capstone

    Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    The Financial Management capstone will provide a learning experience that integrates across all the courses within this specialization. You will analyze a situation taking the vantage point of a company and develop a fin...

    $79.00
    listed price
  5. 5
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B University-backed

    Strategising: Management for Global Competitive Advantage

    Offered by Macquarie University

    Leaders must have the ability to develop and deploy effective strategies. This specialisation will prepare you to be the strategic change-maker capable of enabling your organisation to compete into the future. You will l...

    $49.00
    listed price
  6. 6
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Global Leadership: Cross-Cultural Management & Strategy

    Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    In this Specialization, you’ll learn how to lead and make decisions in global business settings where culture, ethics, and strategy collide. You’ll build a clear understanding of how ethics operates within and beyond org...

    $49.00
    listed price
  7. 7
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade C University-backed

    International Business Essentials

    Offered by University of London

    This specialisation from the University of London is designed to help you develop and build the essential business, academic, and cultural skills necessary to succeed in further study and in international business. If co...

    $49.00
    listed price
  8. 8
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade C

    Foundations of Business

    Offered by Pearson

    This Specialization provides a comprehensive overview of core business functions, including management, marketing, finance, operations, and human resources within both domestic and global environments. Learners will deve...

    $49.00
    listed price

Best Global Business Courses on Coursera compared

# Course Provider Offered by Price
1 Global Challenges in Business Coursera University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $49.00 View →
2 Intro to International Marketing Coursera Yonsei University $59.00 View →
3 Essential English for Business Professionals Coursera University of California, Irvine $49.00 View →
4 Financial Management Capstone Coursera University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $79.00 View →
5 Strategising: Management for Global Competitive Advantage Coursera Macquarie University $49.00 View →
6 Global Leadership: Cross-Cultural Management & Strategy Coursera University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $49.00 View →
7 International Business Essentials Coursera University of London $49.00 View →
8 Foundations of Business Coursera Pearson $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 8 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $30.00. 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. 5 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Yonsei University and University of California, Irvine — 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.

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