25 Best Open Source Courses Online
We compared 25 Open Source courses currently listed on Coursera, Udemy and edX, priced from $9.99 to $249.00. 24 of them teach the subject directly and 1 are built around a certification exam. 4 come from a named university or institution, including Yonsei University, Duke University and University of California, Irvine. 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
- 25
- Price range
- $9.99 – $249.00
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy, edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 25 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, edX, matched to "open source" 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 $9.99 to $249.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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1
pfSense 2.4.4: Open Source Firewall
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 -
2
Open Source Software Development Methods
Offered by The Linux Foundation
In this course, we will define what open source software is, we will go over the history of open source software and what benefits it has provided to the world’s technology infrastructure over the decades. The course aim...
$49.00listed price -
3
Web GIS Full Stack Development Course Open Source
Web GIS Full Stack Development using Open SourceDo you want to build powerful, interactive, and real-world map-based applications from scratch?This course is your complete guide to becoming a Full Stack Web GIS Developer...
$79.99listed price -
4
Open Source Software Development, Linux and Git
Offered by The Linux Foundation
The Open Source Software Development, Linux and Git Specialization will give you a strong foundation for working comfortably and productively in open source development communities. By completing the Specialization, you’...
$49.00listed price -
5
Coding With Cody Sourcegraph: Optimise Open Source Code
Offered by Coursera
In this project-based course, you'll step into the role of a developer using Cody, an AI-enhanced coding assistant, to refine and advance an open-source software project. You'll get hands-on with Cody's core capabilities...
$9.99listed price -
6
Building with Code: Programming Fundamentals and Open Source
Offered by Illinois Tech
This specialization introduces learners to programming fundamentals, web development, and open-source technologies. Through hands-on projects, learners will build web applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python,...
$49.00listed price -
7
Open Source Software Development: Linux for Developers
Offered by The Linux Foundation
Start your open source software (OSS) adventure today by learning the key concepts of developing open source software and how to work productively in a Linux environment.
$189.00listed price -
8
Comment installer un LMS Open Source - Part 1
Le e-learning pour tousDans cette formation, vous apprendrez à mettre en place une plateforme pédagogique Open Source.La diffusion de la connaissance n'a jamais été aussi simple.Que ce soit au sein d'une école, d'une ent...
$19.99listed price -
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Massive Data Workloads with Open Source Software
The course walks through selecting and using open‑source software to collect, process, search, and visualize huge volumes of application log data from many sources. It shows how to build pipelines that aggregate logs, tr...
$49.99listed price -
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Apache Flink: An Open Source Distributed Engine
Are you learning Apache Flink and would like to get yet more information on this topic? Do you feel like your Apache Flink information is too low? Then, THIS IS THE COURSE FOR YOU! Learning Apache Flink is...
$19.99listed price -
11
edX MOOC / Non-creditOpen Source LLMOps
Offered by Pragmatic AI Labs
Unlock Open Source AI: Dive into LLM Architectures, Fine-Tuning, and Cutting-Edge Deployments.
$249.00listed price -
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The Complete LPI Open Source Essentials Exam Study Guide
The Complete LPI Open Source Essentials Exam Study Guide course is for anyone thinking seriously about getting involved in a software development project. That's because open source project management will go far better...
$34.99listed price -
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Spatial Data Science and Applications
Offered by Yonsei University
Spatial (map) is considered as a core infrastructure of modern IT world, which is substantiated by business transactions of major IT companies such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Intel, and Uber, and even motor com...
$49.00listed price -
14
Introduction to GitHub Actions
Offered by Duke University
GitHub Actions allows you to automate your software development workflows and seamlessly integrate with GitHub. This 2-hour long project will guide you through the fundamentals of GitHub Actions, helping you leverage its...
$9.99listed price -
15
Getting Started with Go
Offered by University of California, Irvine
This course is for individuals with previous programming experience in languages like C, Python, or Java, who are looking to learn a modern, efficient language. Learning Go will equip you with skills highly valued in bac...
$49.00listed price -
16
Data Science Fundamentals with Python and SQL
Offered by IBM
Data Science is one of the hottest professions of the decade, and the demand for data scientists who can analyze data and communicate results to inform data driven decisions has never been greater. This Specialization fr...
$49.00listed price -
17
Master Version Control – Branching, Merging, Collaboration
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 -
18
Getting Started with Git and GitHub
Offered by IBM
Get started with Git and GitHub in this self-paced, introductory course! You’ll become familiar with collaborative version control and popular Git platforms. Collaboration and social coding are crucial parts of contempor...
$49.00listed price -
19
Emprender en Web3
Offered by Universidad Austral
En octubre de 2008, con la publicación del paper del Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto puso en marcha una nueva revolución industrial. Emprendedores de todo el mundo están desarrollando proyectos que están transformando todo tip...
$49.00listed price -
20
Ultimate GitHub Foundations Certification Course
The Ultimate GitHub Foundations Certification Course is a streamlined program designed for those aiming to master GitHub, the leading software development platform. This course not only prepares learners for the GitHub F...
$19.99listed price -
21
Réussir la certification Docker Certified Associate (DCA)
Si vous avez entendu parler de Docker et vous souhaitez avoir des compétences pratiques sur cette technologie dans un premier temps, puis dans un second temps obtenir une certification prouvant ces connaissances acquises...
$49.99listed price -
22
LPI Linux Essentials
Once you finish studying +50% of the course content, Please don't hesitate to ask about your gift ;) .Linux adoption continues to rise world-wide as individual users, government entities and industries ranging from...
$19.99listed price -
23
LPI Linux Essentials (010-160) Complete Course
***You can pass the LPI Linux Essentials (010-160) Certification Exam ***Taught by an expert in information technology and cybersecurity with over 20 years of experience, this course is a fun way to master the fundamenta...
$199.99listed price -
24
COMPLETE Linux Server Administration
In the age of digital transformation, a wide range of technologies are discovered and still many are there in waiting list. This technology changes the world within three decades. We can't imagine the world without them....
$19.99listed price -
25
LPI Linux Essentials 010-160 Examens Blancs 2026
Bienvenue dans votre suite de préparation ultime pour la certification LPI Linux Essentials (010-160).Linux est l'épine dorsale d'Internet, du cloud computing et des supercalculateurs. La certification LPI Linux Essentia...
$99.99listed price
Best Open Source Courses Online 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 25 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $249.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $239.01. 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, Udemy and edX. 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. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Yonsei University, Duke University and University of California, Irvine — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Courses versus exam preparation
1 of the entries here are built around a certification exam rather than teaching Open Source from scratch. They are the right choice only if you already know the material and want to pass a specific exam; if you are starting out, pick one of the taught courses first and come back to exam preparation afterwards.
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.