15 Best Critical Thinking Courses on edX
We compared 15 Critical Thinking courses currently listed on edX, priced from $29.00 to $209.00. 6 come from a named university or institution, including Rochester Institute of Technology, The University of Hong Kong and National Gallery of Art. 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
- $29.00 – $209.00
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "critical thinking" 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 $29.00 to $209.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Offered by Rochester Institute of Technology
The most successful professionals are able to assess the environment, analyze a situation, design a solution, and ultimately win in a competitive scenario.
$199.00listed price -
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‘True’ Crime? Developing Critical Thinking Skills Through Criminology
Offered by The University of Hong Kong
Develop your critical thinking skills through ‘true’ crime. This course examines the influence of media on conceptions of crime and justice, equipping learners with tools to analyze, evaluate, or even challenge dominant...
$99.00listed price -
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Teaching Critical Thinking through Art with the National Gallery of Art
Offered by National Gallery of Art
Learn how to integrate works of art using Artful Thinking routines, effective strategies from Project Zero at Harvard University, in this interactive online course for teachers of all levels and subjects.
$119.00listed price -
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Teaching Critical Thinking & Self-Regulated Learning Skills
Offered by The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Engage and improve your teaching in both critical thinking skills and self-regulated learning skills as cultural scripts. This course is part 3 of a 3-course program.
$125.00listed price -
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Critical Thinking & Problem Solving for Tech Careers
Offered by Microsoft
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving for Tech Careers is Evidence-based problem solving for early-career technologists: define clear problems, decompose and debug to root causes, evaluate assumptions and trade-offs, compa...
$55.00listed price -
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Foundations of Critical Thinking
Offered by CodeSignal
Build foundational critical thinking skills for defining problems, reducing bias, gathering evidence, and preparing decision-ready recommendations. Learn practical habits for thinking ahead and making more balanced judgm...
$30.00listed price -
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Soft Skills: Solve Problems w/ Creative & Critical Thinking
Offered by IBM
Use critical and creative thinking to analyze and solve any problem you might encounter in the workplace, an extremely valuable skill to have in any profession!
$29.00listed price -
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Apply Critical Thinking Skills
Offered by CodeSignal
Build practical critical thinking habits for making decisions, communicating reasoning, and turning choices into action. Learn how to use data thoughtfully and adapt priorities as conditions change.
$30.00listed price -
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Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Skills
Offered by Fullbridge
Develop your ability to tackle complex problems in the workplace using known analytical problem solving techniques, design thinking, and effective research.
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Structure and Function of Argument: Introduction to Critical Thinking
Offered by Harvard University
Explore the underlying structures of everyday arguments and develop the tools to communicate effectively.
$209.00listed price -
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Tech Ethics: Critical Thinking in the Age of Apps, Algorithms, and AI
Offered by Harvard University
Taught by Harvard Professor Michael Sandel with insights from actor Michael B. Jordan.
$175.00listed price -
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Philosophy and Critical Thinking
Offered by The University of Queensland
META101Ax: Thinking about thinking
$99.00listed price -
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edX MOOC / Non-creditCritical Thinking: Fundamentals of Good Reasoning
Offered by IsraelX
Learn the fundamentals of good reasoning, including how to recognize, formulate, evaluate, and construct arguments.
$189.00listed price -
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edX CertificateCritical thinking: reasoned decision making
Offered by Tecnológico de Monterrey
Learn to analyze events with intellectual rigor. Identify how reasoned decisions help cope with change.
$189.00listed price -
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edX MOOC / Non-creditCritical Thinking: How to Develop Critical Thinking Skills
Offered by BoxPlay
Steer away from reactive thinking and onto the path of strategic decision-making.
$69.00listed price
Best Critical Thinking 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 14 priced courses on this page run from $29.00 to $209.00, with the middle of the range around $119.00 — a spread of $180.00. 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. 6 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Rochester Institute of Technology, The University of Hong Kong and National Gallery of Art — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
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 18 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.