20 Best Music Production MOOC / Non-credit Programs Online
We compared 20 Music Production courses currently listed on Coursera and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $199.99. 2 come from a named university or institution, including Howard University and Berklee College of Music. 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
- $19.99 – $199.99
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 20 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, matched to "Music Production" 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 $19.99 to $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Music Production: Crafting Award-Worthy Songs
Offered by Howard University
In the Music Production: Crafting Award-Worthy Songs specialization, develop the mindset and confidence of an award-winning producer by producing songs that meet the highest musical standards of the industry, across musi...
$49.00listed price -
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Intro to Music Production: Maschine Mikro mk3
Learn the Basics of Music Production and start an EDM track using the Maschine Mikro mk3, an Integrated Groove Production System that works in tandem with Native Instrument's Maschine 2 Software and the Komplete Sound Li...
$29.99listed price -
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Electronic Music Production
Offered by Berklee
In the Electronic Music Production specialization, you will learn the tricks of the trade to create high-quality, professional sounding music. You’ll begin by learning about the nature of sound and how a signal flows thr...
$49.00listed price -
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Music Production
Offered by Berklee
This Specialization will give you the knowledge and tools you need to record and produce professional sounding music. You will begin by developing your identity, vision, and intention as an artist and producer. Next, you...
$49.00listed price -
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The Business of Music Production
Offered by Berklee
In the current music industry, it is crucial that artists and producers are armed with a clear understanding of how the business works. To be successful in this business, you must have equal parts musical artistry and bu...
$49.00listed price -
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Music Production for Beginners | The Beat-making Process
This is a beginner course aimed at those wanting to simply and easily produce professional sounding electronic music with minimal equipment and cost. It covers things such as what equipment and software you need, through...
$34.99listed price -
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Music Education for Teachers
Offered by Berklee College of Music
In the Music Education for Teachers specialization, you will explore ways of integrating popular music into your teaching. You'll begin by learning from two highly experienced teachers, Krystal Banfield, the Vice Preside...
$49.00listed price -
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Mezcla y Mastering - Folklore/Pop Urbano
Esta Master Class es una serie por capítulos en la que podrás seguir sesiones prácticas explicativas en base a trabajos realizados por profesionales.En ésta ocasión el viaje será junto a Luis Soria y Marcelo Navía, profe...
$49.99listed price -
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The 5 Most Powerful Songwriting Exercises...Revealed!
Concise, digestible, and radically practical!Like you, we love learning new things and acquiring new skills to get us closer to our vision for our music — but we don’t love long-winded courses, padded out with informatio...
$149.99listed price -
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NI Maschine Beginners guide to professional drum patterns
Learn to easily create 3 styles of professional hip hop drum patterns for your instrumentals, all within using your Native Instruments Maschine software alone. I've know known many people who struggled to create a decent...
$39.99listed price -
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Adobe Audition CC: The Beginner's Guide to Adobe Audition
Make your audio sound amazing with Adobe Audition CC! If you are looking for an audio editing application that will allow you to record, edit and mix audio like the pros, Adobe Audition is the best answer.Audio Audition...
$199.99listed price -
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Vital Synthesis
Vital Synthesis offers an in-depth exploration of sound design using the Vital synthesizer, a versatile tool for creating contemporary sounds. Throughout the course, you'll learn to navigate and manipulate its various fe...
$19.99listed price -
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Learn Audio Editing
This course is designed to guide you through the essentials of audio editing, helping both beginners and seasoned editors sharpen their skills. You'll learn effective file management and syncing techniques, using Ableton...
$99.99listed price -
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MaxForLive: Creating Your Own Audio Tools in Max For Live
100% Answer Rate! Every single question posted to this class is answered within 24 hours by the instructor. For years I've been teaching Ableton Live and Max in the college classroom. As a University Professor...
$29.99listed price -
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Max and MaxForLive, Part 3: Controlling Live With MaxForLive
It's time to unleash the full power of Max and create your own "secret weapon" tools for music production!In this comprehensive class series, you'll discover my personal best tools and learn how to harness them to elevat...
$74.99listed price -
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Optimize Your Speaker Positioning - Acoustics Masterclass
Invaluable information that can make your listening experience so much better... Welcome to Acoustics. This course is designed to provide an understanding of monitor placement, and the k...
$44.99listed price -
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Sound Design for Music Composition
Your Journey in Sound DesignDo you want to learn how to create unique sounds that truly stand out in your music? In this course, you will not only master the foundations of sound design, but also discover practical techn...
$129.99listed price -
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Ableton Live 12 Mastery: The Complete Bundle (Parts 4–6)
You can record in Live. You can make a beat. You can sketch out a track. Now what?This is where Live stops being software and starts being an instrument.I'm Jay — an Ableton Certified Trainer, a tenured university profes...
$119.99listed price -
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Bandlab - A Comprehensive Beginners Course
Unleash your creativity – no experience or fancy gear required! Bandlab is one of the most accessible and inspiring music creation tools ever made, and it’s completely free and operates in the ‘cloud’! Whether you're 9 o...
$49.99listed price -
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The 3 Golden Rules of Singing: Secrets Every Pro Knows
Learn 3 key techniques that pro singers use across genres with customizable warm ups to fit your voice. Build muscle memory with fun, easy-to-learn tricks and singing hacks. Understand what is really meant when people s...
$19.99listed price
Best Music Production MOOC / Non-credit Programs Online compared
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 20 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $180.00. 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 Coursera and Udemy. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 2 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Howard University and Berklee College of Music — 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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