7 Best Test Preparation Courses on Coursera
We compared 7 Test Preparation courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 3 of them teach the subject directly and 4 are built around a certification exam. 3 come from a named university or institution, including University of California, Irvine, Peking University and University of Maryland, College Park. 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
- 7
- Price range
- $49.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 5 Sep 2026
How these 7 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "test preparation" 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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IELTS Listening and Speaking Sections Skills Mastery
Offered by University of California, Irvine
Whether you have taken the IELTS test before, you will benefit from completing this course on the listening and speaking sections of the exam. The lessons in this course will improve your overall skills in both listening...
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Chinese for HSK 3 PART II
Offered by Peking University
大家好！Hi, everyone, welcome to join our Chinese for HSK Level 3 course. This is CHEN Li and LU Yun, and we are very happy to meet you here! Chinese for HSK 3 is a 10-week course. It consists of two parts: Part I, which...
$79.00listed price -
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TOEFL Reading and Listening Sections Skills Mastery
Offered by University of California, Irvine
This course prepares non-native English speakers to take the reading and listening sections of the TOEFL iBT exam. It takes a close look at every type of listening and reading question that you may encounter on the test...
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PMP Exam Prep Certification Training
Offered by University of Maryland, College Park
This specialization reflects the most current version of the PMP exam, based on the Project Management Institute, Inc’s (PMI) current exam content outline (ECO). This will not only prepare you to pass the PMP Exam, but a...
$79.00listed price -
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CPC Exam Strategy and Case-Based Practice
Offered by SkillUp
Strengthen your CPC® exam readiness and transition from coding knowledge to exam-level performance with CPC Exam Strategy and Case-Based Practice. This intermediate-level course focuses on practical test-taking strategie...
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PMP Exam Preparation
Offered by LearnKartS
PMP certification is the gold standard in project management and offers unparalleled career opportunities. 84% of PMP-certified professionals report career advancements in their current roles, according to the Project Ma...
$49.00listed price -
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Job & Exam Aptitude Mastery: Reasoning | DI | Verbal | Quant
Offered by Board Infinity
This Specialization is designed to equip learners with essential skills in Logical Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, and Data Interpretation—core components of most entrance exams and job placement test...
$49.00listed price
Best Test Preparation Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IELTS Listening and Speaking Sections Skills Mastery | Coursera | University of California, Irvine | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Chinese for HSK 3 PART II | Coursera | Peking University | $79.00 | View → |
| 3 | TOEFL Reading and Listening Sections Skills Mastery | Coursera | University of California, Irvine | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | PMP Exam Prep Certification Training | Coursera | University of Maryland, College Park | $79.00 | View → |
| 5 | CPC Exam Strategy and Case-Based Practice | Coursera | SkillUp | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | PMP Exam Preparation | Coursera | LearnKartS | $49.00 | View → |
| 7 | Job & Exam Aptitude Mastery: Reasoning | DI | Verbal | Quant | Coursera | Board Infinity | $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 7 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. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of California, Irvine, Peking University and University of Maryland, College Park — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Courses versus exam preparation
4 of the entries here are built around a certification exam rather than teaching Test Preparation from scratch. They are the right choice only if you already know the material and want to pass a specific exam; if you are starting out, pick one of the taught courses first and come back to exam preparation afterwards.
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 5 September 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.