15 Best Machine Learning Courses for Beginners
We compared 15 Machine Learning courses currently listed on Coursera, edX and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $309.00. 5 come from a named university or institution, including IBM, University of Colorado Boulder and Google Cloud & New York Institute of Finance. 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
- $19.99 – $309.00
- Providers
- Coursera, edX, Udemy
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, edX, Udemy, matched to "machine learning" 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 $19.99 to $309.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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IBM Introduction to Machine Learning
Offered by IBM
Machine learning skills are becoming more and more essential in the modern job market. In 2019, Machine Learning Engineer was ranked as the #1 job in the United States, based on the incredible 344% growth of job openings...
$49.00listed price -
2
Introduction to Machine Learning: Unsupervised Learning
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
Introduction to Machine Learning: Unsupervised Learning explores how machines uncover structure, patterns, and relationships in data without labeled outcomes. In this course, you’ll learn how to analyze and visualize hig...
$49.00listed price -
3
Introduction to Trading, Machine Learning & GCP
Offered by Google Cloud & New York Institute of Finance
In this course, you’ll learn about the fundamentals of trading, including the concept of trend, returns, stop-loss, and volatility. You will learn how to identify the profit source and structure of basic quantitative tra...
$79.00listed price -
4
Introduction to AI & Machine Learning in Healthcare
Offered by Mass General Brigham University of Health Professions
In this introductory course, you'll explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are transforming healthcare. You'll build a solid foundation in AI and ML fundamentals, learning how these technologi...
$309.00listed price -
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Fundamentals of Machine Learning
Offered by Whizlabs
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the Fundamentals of Machine Learning, covering both conceptual understanding and practical implementation across modern machine learning workflows. It focuses on build...
$49.00listed price -
6
Machine Learning for Absolute Beginners - Level 1
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Machine Learning
Offered by Duke University
This course provides a foundational understanding of machine learning models (logistic regression, multilayer perceptrons, convolutional neural networks, natural language processing, etc.) and demonstrates how they can s...
$49.00listed price -
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Fundamentals of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Offered by Amazon Web Services
In this course, you will learn about the foundations of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). You will explore the connections between AI, ML, deep learning, and the emerging field of generative artific...
$49.00listed price -
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NumPy Mastery for Machine Learning & AI-Beginner to Pro 2025
Master NumPy step by step with coding exercises, real-world projects, and quizzes — build the foundation for ML, AI & Deep Learning.Course DescriptionNumPy is the foundation of nearly every Machine Learning, Deep Lea...
$19.99listed price -
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Machine Learning: from Zero to Hero: (1) Introduction to ML
Machine Learning: From Zero to Hero is a series of courses designed for anyone looking to start a career as an ML engineer, DL Engineer, data scientist, or AI engineer.This series approaches Machine Learning from two mai...
$39.99listed price -
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Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
(More E-Content will be added on regular basis). Quiz Topics covered in this courseWhat is artificial intelligence?Artificial intelligence is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially compute...
$19.99listed price -
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AI & Machine Learning From Scratch: Build Real-World Models
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are transforming software development, cybersecurity, healthcare, and modern startups. However, most online courses only teach how to use AI tools or APIs, without e...
$129.99listed price -
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Introduction to AI and Machine Learning on GC - Deutsch
Offered by Google Cloud
In diesem Kurs lernen Sie die KI- und ML-Funktionen von Google Cloud kennen. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Entwicklung von Projekten mit generativer und prädiktiver KI. Dabei werden die verschiedenen Technologien, Produk...
$49.00listed price -
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Beginner Guide to Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Implement Machine Learning algorithmsHow to improve your Machine Learning ModelsBuild a portfolio of work to have on your resumeSupervised and Unsupervised LearningExplore large datasets using data visualization tools li...
$99.99listed price -
15
Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Beginners Course
Congratulations and welcome to your Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence learning journey! We’re thrilled to have you on board. By enrolling in this course, you’ve taken a bold step into the future—one where in...
$19.99listed price
Best Machine Learning Courses for Beginners 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 15 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $309.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $289.01. 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 Coursera, edX and Udemy. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 5 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including IBM, University of Colorado Boulder and Google Cloud & New York Institute of Finance — 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.