15 Best Public Speaking Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Public Speaking courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 8 come from a named university or institution, including University of Washington, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Rice University. 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
- $49.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "public speaking" 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.
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Dynamic Public Speaking
Offered by University of Washington
Good speaking is your most enduring job skill. This four-course specialization will provide you with the instruction, experience, and practice to develop and deliver compelling presentations. Drawing from the established...
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Introduction to Public Speaking
Offered by University of Washington
This course offers a proven framework for crafting and delivering impactful presentations. In the professional world, academic settings, or public life, we're frequently asked to "share some thoughts." Many individuals s...
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Training and Practicing in English Public Speaking
Offered by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Professor Zhang is Central South University’s top training coach in English speaking and interpreting contests and has engaged in teaching and research on English speaking and interpreting as well as competition training...
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Public Speaking for Beginners - Speak with Confidence
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
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Professional Public Speaking
Offered by Madecraft
This specialization is intended for business professionals and aspiring leaders seeking to develop powerful communication skills across speaking, presenting, and conversation. Through 3 courses, you will cover advanced p...
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Confidence in Communication: Overcome Public Speaking Fear
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
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Communication Skills for Engineers
Offered by Rice University
Build a toolkit of communication skills that will give you the knowledge and confidence to be an effective engineering leader. Engineers who want to advance in their profession need to be effective communicators. They ne...
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Effective Communication Capstone Project
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
In the Effective Communication Capstone learners apply the lessons of Business Writing, Graphic Design, and Successful Presentation to create a portfolio of work that represents their mastery of writing, design, and spea...
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Advanced Speaking and Listening Project
Offered by University of California, Irvine
Learners will present a well-organized academic speech on a topic in an academic field of the learner's choice. The learner will need to recall all of the skills learned in the previous three courses and complete several...
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10
Present with Purpose: Create/Deliver Effective Presentations
Offered by IBM
Knowing how to create a presentation is a powerful tool when it comes to communication. Presentations are a key part of every office or business related job and you need to have the skills to deliver a presentation that...
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Professional Skills: Collaboration
Offered by Arizona State University
The Collaboration specialization—built with faculty across Arizona State University—empowers professionals across industries to enhance their ability to work with others and lead with clarity and empathy. You’ll develop...
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Professional Skills: Workplace Communication
Offered by Arizona State University
Strong communication is the foundation of effective leadership, teamwork, and career advancement. The Workplace Communication specialization—built with Bonnie Wentzel, Executive Director of CommLabASU and Principal Lectu...
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Global Diplomacy: the United Nations in the World
Offered by SOAS University of London & University of London
The course offers a well-researched and broad-ranging primer to the United Nations system. Consisting of an introduction to the complex UN family and its history, and a series of ‘snapshots’ of key UN functions, which ar...
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Effective Communication: Writing, Design, and Presentation
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
Over seventy companies and tens of thousands of students worldwide have used Effective Communication to deliver ideas powerfully in the workplace. By taking Business Writing, Graphic Design, and Successful Presentation,...
$49.00listed price -
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Business English: Making Presentations
Offered by University of Washington
This course teaches you language and techniques that will help you make effective presentations in English. The final task is to develop a well-organized, persuasive presentation using charts and graphs that sells your c...
$79.00listed price
Best Public Speaking Courses on Coursera 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 15 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. 8 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Washington, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Rice University — 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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