6 Best Effective Leadership Courses on edX
We compared 6 Effective Leadership courses currently listed on edX, priced from $39.00 to $249.00. 2 come from a named university or institution, including The University of Maryland, College Park and Doane 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
- 6
- Price range
- $39.00 – $249.00
- 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 "effective leadership" 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 $39.00 to $249.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Let’s Get Strong: Strengths at Work
Offered by The University of Maryland, College Park
Effective leaders know that we are always better when we play to our strengths. There’s science behind that statement. In this course, discover the power of strengths at work through selected models, self-assessment & le...
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Let’s Get Personal: Working with Personality Type
Offered by The University of Maryland, College Park
Effective leaders capitalize on their strengths & manage their weaknesses. Build your power skills by understanding the MBTI, personality type assessment, and how to use your type to your greatest advantage as an effecti...
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Management - Becoming an Effective Leader
Offered by Doane University
Analyze characteristics and qualities of an effective leader. This course is eligible for Audit and Verified Certificate only.
$119.00listed price -
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Leadership in a Virtual World
Offered by Doane University
Learn project management and team communication in a virtual world.
$229.00listed price -
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edX MOOC / Non-creditLeadership for Global Business and Politics
Offered by Yale SOM Executive Education
Develop the knowledge and skills for effective leadership in a changing social, political, and environmental context.
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Liderazgo de equipos remotos
Offered by Universitat Politècnica de València
Aprende a liderar equipos en entornos de trabajo remotos
$39.00listed price
Best Effective Leadership Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Let’s Get Strong: Strengths at Work | edX | The University of Maryland, College Park | $249.00 | View → |
| 2 | Let’s Get Personal: Working with Personality Type | edX | The University of Maryland, College Park | $249.00 | View → |
| 3 | Management - Becoming an Effective Leader | edX | Doane University | $119.00 | View → |
| 4 | Leadership in a Virtual World | edX | Doane University | $229.00 | View → |
| 5 | Leadership for Global Business and Politics | edX | Yale SOM Executive Education | — | View → |
| 6 | Liderazgo de equipos remotos | edX | Universitat Politècnica de València | $39.00 | 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 $39.00 to $249.00, with the middle of the range around $229.00 — a spread of $210.00. 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. 2 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including The University of Maryland, College Park and Doane 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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