6 Best Career Skills Courses on edX
We compared 6 Career Skills courses currently listed on edX, priced from $21.00 to $945.00. 4 come from a named university or institution, including The London School of Economics and Political Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio and The University of Queensland. 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
- 6
- Price range
- $21.00 – $945.00
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 6 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "career skills" 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 $21.00 to $945.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Statistics 1 Part 1: Introductory statistics, probability and estimation
Offered by The London School of Economics and Political Science
The first in a series of four courses which help you to master statistics fundamentals and build your quantitative skillset for progression in high-growth careers, or to use as step towards further study at undergraduate...
$199.20listed price -
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Try It: Intro to HTML
Offered by The University of Texas at San Antonio
Get free instruction in HTML web development in this no-risk online course. Learn how HTML coding skills can boost your career or help your website function more efficiently. No previous experience required.
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Skills for Success
Offered by Fullbridge
Skills for Success is designed to help you build essential capabilities that are often key to career advancement. This course focuses on both personal and professional development strategies that can enhance your effecti...
$945.00listed price -
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Unlocking Your Employability
Offered by The University of Queensland
Learn how to effectively develop and communicate your employability, preparing you to navigate an unpredictable future.
$129.00listed price -
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Building a Winning Mindset: Flexibility and Resiliency at Work
Offered by Harvard University
Taught by Harvard Faculty Dr. Luana Marques with insights from actor and wrestler John Cena.
$175.00listed price -
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Learnability: aprende a aprender
Offered by LCI Education
Adquiere nuevas aptitudes a lo largo de la vida y obtén las claves para permanecer empleable a largo plazo.
$21.00listed price
Best Career Skills Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Statistics 1 Part 1: Introductory statistics, probability and estimati... | edX | The London School of Economics and Political Science | $199.20 | View → |
| 2 | Try It: Intro to HTML | edX | The University of Texas at San Antonio | — | View → |
| 3 | Skills for Success | edX | Fullbridge | $945.00 | View → |
| 4 | Unlocking Your Employability | edX | The University of Queensland | $129.00 | View → |
| 5 | Building a Winning Mindset: Flexibility and Resiliency at Work | edX | Harvard University | $175.00 | View → |
| 6 | Learnability: aprende a aprender | edX | LCI Education | $21.00 | 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 5 priced courses on this page run from $21.00 to $945.00, with the middle of the range around $175.00 — a spread of $924.00. 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 London School of Economics and Political Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio and The University of Queensland — 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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