11 Best Active Listening Courses on edX
Active listening is a core skill for effective communication in both personal and professional settings. On this page you will find a curated selection of eleven courses hosted on edX that explore different aspects of listening, from foundational techniques to specialised contexts such as healthcare, leadership and virtual environments. The courses vary in price, from a modest $30 introductory offering to more comprehensive programmes priced up to $591.30, and are delivered by a range of recognised institutions.
Each course focuses on a particular angle of active listening. Some concentrate on building general communication confidence, while others apply listening strategies to business negotiations, design thinking, or conflict management. By comparing the course titles, providers and price points, you can choose a programme that matches your current role, learning goals and budget.
- Courses compared
- 11
- Price range
- $30.00 – $591.30
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 11 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "active listening" 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 $30.00 to $591.30, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Active Listening: How to Be an Effective Communicator
Offered by BoxPlay
Explore the benefits of active listening and unlock the secret to successful communication in your professional and personal life.
$89.00listed price -
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Business and Professional Communication for Success
Offered by Doane University
This course on Business and Professional Communication for Success focuses on enhancing your communication skills in professional settings. It covers essential strategies for effective interactions, presentations, and ne...
$447.30listed price -
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Introduction to Healthcare Communication Strategies
Offered by Stanford University
Explore the foundations of effective health communication, including active listening and improvisation. Learn the skills required to build strong and trusting relationships from leading Stanford Medicine faculty.
$249.00listed price -
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Leadership Strategies: Listening to Lead in Today's Workspaces
Offered by The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Upgrade your listening skills to meet the demands of today’s diverse, changing, challenging and often virtually connected world.
$219.00listed price -
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Design Thinking: Empathizing to Understand the Problem
Offered by Rochester Institute of Technology
Learn how to identify and understand product or business problems through active listening, empathy and user-focused research.
$337.00listed price -
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English Communication Skills
Offered by Tsinghua University
In the English Communication Skills course, you'll enhance your ability to communicate effectively in both spoken and written contexts. This course emphasizes various aspects of communication, including clarity, structur...
$591.30listed price -
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Conflict Management & Negotiation Essentials
Offered by State Bank of India
Conflict Management and Negotiation Essentials is a course that equips participants with the skills to resolve disputes constructively and master negotiation techniques. It covers the principles of conflict resolution, f...
$99.00listed price -
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Having Difficult Conversations in the Virtual World
Offered by Kelley Executive Education Programs
Having the skills to engage in difficult conversations in the virtual world can support you in both work and personal situations.
$99.00listed price -
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Enhancing Interpersonal Skill through Emotional Intelligence and communication
Offered by State Bank of India
Strong interpersonal skills are essential for success in today’s interconnected world. This course helps learners strengthen communication, emotional intelligence, and relationship-building skills to connect effectively,...
$99.00listed price -
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Master Communication Foundations
Offered by CodeSignal
Build practical communication skills for everyday conversations and workplace interactions. Learn to speak and write clearly, listen actively, manage emotions, and adapt your style to different people.
$30.00listed price -
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edX MOOC / Non-creditNegotiation: How to Improve Your Negotiation Skills
Offered by BoxPlay
Learn the techniques to communicate with ease and negotiate with confidence.
$69.00listed price
Best Active Listening 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 11 priced courses on this page run from $30.00 to $591.30, with the middle of the range around $99.00 — a spread of $561.30. 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. 5 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Doane University, Stanford University and The University of Wisconsin-Madison — 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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