15 Best Open Source Courses on edX
We compared 15 Open Source courses currently listed on edX, priced from $30.00 to $2,021.39. 4 come from a named university or institution, including The University of Michigan, University of Cambridge and The University of California, San Diego. 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
- $30.00 – $2,021.39
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "open source" 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 $30.00 to $2,021.39, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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edX MOOC / Non-creditOpen Source Software Development, Linux and Git
Offered by The Linux Foundation
This course provides a practical introduction to open source software development, along with key tools like Linux and Git. You'll gain a fundamental understanding of how collaborative software projects work and learn es...
$510.30listed price -
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edX MOOC / Non-creditOpen Source Software Development: Linux for Developers
Offered by The Linux Foundation
Start your open source software (OSS) adventure today by learning the key concepts of developing open source software and how to work productively in a Linux environment.
$189.00listed price -
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edX MOOC / Non-creditOpen Source LLMOps
Offered by Pragmatic AI Labs
Unlock Open Source AI: Dive into LLM Architectures, Fine-Tuning, and Cutting-Edge Deployments.
$449.00listed price -
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PostgreSQL for Everybody
Offered by The University of Michigan
This course focuses on PostgreSQL, a powerful open-source database system. You'll learn how to manage and retrieve data effectively, whether you're working on web applications or analyzing large datasets. By the end of t...
$212.40listed price -
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Navigating complex health data challenges
Offered by University of Cambridge
Learn to navigate health data challenges: Explore project stages in trusted environments (TREs), establish effective collaborations, and apply best practices. Gain hands-on experience with open-source health data and cre...
$399.00listed price -
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edX MOOC / Non-creditRust Programming
Offered by Pragmatic AI Labs
This Rust Programming course is designed to give you a solid foundation in Rust, a systems programming language known for its reliability and performance. You'll learn how Rust enables safe concurrency and memory managem...
$2,021.39listed price -
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Python for Data Science
Offered by The University of California, San Diego
Learn to use powerful, open-source, Python tools, including Pandas, Git and Matplotlib, to manipulate, analyze, and visualize complex datasets.
$350.00listed price -
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Linux Basics: The Command Line Interface
Offered by Dartmouth College
Learn the Linux Command Line interface and become a skilled user of this powerful operating system.
$99.00listed price -
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edX MOOC / Non-creditFundamentals of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Offered by Red Hat
This course is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge needed for effective administration of Linux systems, with a particular focus on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® . It covers fundamental Linux concepts,...
$99.00listed price -
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edX MOOC / Non-creditTry It: Intro to GitHub
Offered by edX
GitHub is a code storage and collaboration service that’s used by over 100 million software developers to build and maintain their software. If you’re interested in collaborating more efficiently on coding projects, this...
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edX MOOC / Non-creditIntroduction to Agentic Coding with OpenCode
Offered by CodeSignal
Learn how to use OpenCode, an open-source AI coding agent for the terminal, to inspect codebases, edit files, run commands, and support real development workflows. This beginner path covers setup, configuration, project...
$45.00listed price -
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edX MOOC / Non-creditKubuntu Desktop
Offered by Pragmatic AI Labs
Master Kubuntu Linux on your Framework Laptop with this comprehensive course covering everything from installation to advanced productivity tools. Perfect for beginners and intermediate users seeking practical Linux skil...
$449.99listed price -
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edX MOOC / Non-creditGit for Distributed Software Development
Offered by The Linux Foundation
Get a thorough introduction to Git, the source control system that arose out of the Linux kernel community, that enables widely distributed software development to operate efficiently.
$189.00listed price -
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Responsible AI for Developers: Fairness & Bias
Offered by Google Cloud
Learn to identify and mitigate fairness and bias in AI/ML practices using Google Cloud products and open-source tools.
$30.00listed price -
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edX MOOC / Non-creditIntroduction to RISC-V
Offered by The Linux Foundation
Discover various aspects of RISC-V, including technical aspects, specifications and the community ecosystem.
$189.00listed price
Best Open Source Courses on edX 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 14 priced courses on this page run from $30.00 to $2,021.39, with the middle of the range around $212.40 — a spread of $1,991.39. 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. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including The University of Michigan, University of Cambridge and The University of California, San Diego — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
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