11 Best Operating Systems Courses for Beginners
We compared 11 Operating Systems courses currently listed on Coursera, edX and Udemy, priced from $24.99 to $209.00. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including 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
- 11
- Price range
- $24.99 – $209.00
- Providers
- Coursera, edX, Udemy
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 11 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, edX, Udemy, matched to "operating systems" 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 $24.99 to $209.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Introduction to Operating Systems
Offered by Codio
This specialization is intended for people with some programming experience who seek an approachable introduction to how operating systems work on a fundamental level. This course will equip learners with foundational kn...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Operating Systems 1: Virtualization
Offered by Codio
Learn OS fundamentals with no installs. Build C skills while exploring processes, CPU scheduling, and memory basics through short readings, images, and runnable code. Video-free, self-paced assignments provide instant fe...
$149.00listed price -
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Introduction to Operating Systems 4: Persistence
Offered by Codio
Learn how OSes store and protect data with no installs. Cover I/O, directories, file systems, integrity, protection, and distributed systems through short readings, images, and runnable code. Video-free and self-paced, w...
$149.00listed price -
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Introduction to Operating Systems 3: Concurrency
Offered by Codio
Learn how OSes handle work in parallel with no installs. Study concurrency, threads, locks, lock-based data structures, and multi-CPU scheduling with runnable code and guided experiments. Video-free, self-paced lessons u...
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Introduction to Computer Information Systems
Offered by University of California, Irvine
This Specialization is intended for anyone seeking to learn basic computer skills. Through 3 courses, you will study computer hardware, software, and data safety. You will also learn about digital literacy and productivi...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Linux Kernel Development
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to Linux kernel design and architecture, aimed at equipping you with both theoretical knowledge and practical skills. I will begin by covering essential operating system...
$199.99listed price -
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Introduction to Systems Programming in C
OverviewThis course is intended to be an introductory course for those interested in systems programming. I tried to keep this course very simple and easy to understand. In order to do that I created this slide deck that...
$24.99listed price -
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Introduction to C Programming
If you are completely new to programming and want a simple introduction, then this course is for you. This course is partly based on the textbook C How to Program by Deitel and Deitel. C Programming is still a common req...
$49.99listed price -
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Computer Fundamental Basic Hardware & Software for Beginners
Computer Fundamental Basic Hardware & Software for Beginners. This course is designed for the people to knowledge about computer . After complete this course you will be knowledge about What is computer , computer ge...
$24.99listed price -
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Introduction to Information Technology and AWS Cloud
Offered by Amazon Web Services
Technology is omnipresent, but how did we get here? And what does the future hold for a world that's increasingly connected, mobile and data-rich? This course is intended to give learners enough technical context to unde...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Linux
Offered by The Linux Foundation
Never learned Linux? Want a refresh? Develop a good working knowledge of Linux using both the graphical interface and command line across the major Linux distribution families.
$209.00listed price
Best Operating Systems Courses for Beginners compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Introduction to Operating Systems | Coursera | Codio | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Introduction to Operating Systems 1: Virtualization | edX | Codio | $149.00 | View → |
| 3 | Introduction to Operating Systems 4: Persistence | edX | Codio | $149.00 | View → |
| 4 | Introduction to Operating Systems 3: Concurrency | edX | Codio | $149.00 | View → |
| 5 | Introduction to Computer Information Systems | Coursera | University of California, Irvine | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Introduction to Linux Kernel Development | Udemy | — | $199.99 | View → |
| 7 | Introduction to Systems Programming in C | Udemy | — | $24.99 | View → |
| 8 | Introduction to C Programming | Udemy | — | $49.99 | View → |
| 9 | Computer Fundamental Basic Hardware & Software for Beginners | Udemy | — | $24.99 | View → |
| 10 | Introduction to Information Technology and AWS Cloud | Coursera | Amazon Web Services | $49.00 | View → |
| 11 | Introduction to Linux | edX | The Linux Foundation | $209.00 | 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 11 priced courses on this page run from $24.99 to $209.00, with the middle of the range around $49.99 — a spread of $184.01. 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, edX 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. 1 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including 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
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