8 Best Recursion Courses on edX
We compared 8 Recursion courses currently listed on edX, priced from $69.00 to $249.00. 3 come from a named university or institution, including Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley and The Georgia Institute of Technology. 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
- 8
- Price range
- $69.00 – $249.00
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 19 Sep 2026
How these 8 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "recursion" 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 $69.00 to $249.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Databases: OLAP and Recursion
Offered by Stanford University
This course is one of five self-paced courses on the topic of Databases, originating as one of Stanford's three inaugural massive open online courses released in the fall of 2011. The original "Databases" courses are now...
$69.00listed price -
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Recursion & Object-Oriented Programming
Offered by University of California, Berkeley
Students learn to design efficient programs by analyzing runtime, implementing data structures like linked lists and trees, and working with databases using SQL and Python. The course bridges computer science concepts wi...
$200.00listed price -
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Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Java III: Exceptions, Data Structures, Recursion, and GUIs
Offered by The Georgia Institute of Technology
Learn how to create and use exceptions, data structures, recursion, and graphical user-interfaces (GUIs).
$249.00listed price -
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Data Structures
Offered by University of California, Berkeley
Students deepen their programming expertise through recursion and object-oriented design. They learn to model problems using abstract data types, implement recursive algorithms, and build reusable, modular programs that...
$199.00listed price -
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Java Programming: Intermediate Concepts
Offered by Codio
Code and run your first Java program in minutes without installing anything! This beginner-focused course will further develop your programming skills. Topics covered include strings, user-defined methods, files, and rec...
$189.00listed price -
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C++ Programming: Intermediate Concepts
Offered by Codio
Code and run your first C++ program in minutes without installing anything! This beginner-focused course will further develop your programming skills. Topics covered include pointers, strings, functions, files, and recur...
$189.00listed price -
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Python Programming: Intermediate Concepts
Offered by Codio
Code and run your first Python program in minutes without installing anything! This beginner-focused course will further develop your programming skills. Topics covered include strings, functions, files, and recursion.
$189.00listed price -
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Computing in Python IV: Objects & Algorithms
Offered by The Georgia Institute of Technology
Learn about recursion, search and sort algorithms, and object-oriented programming in Python.
$189.00listed price
Best Recursion Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Databases: OLAP and Recursion | edX | Stanford University | $69.00 | View → |
| 2 | Recursion & Object-Oriented Programming | edX | University of California, Berkeley | $200.00 | View → |
| 3 | Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Java III: Exceptions,... | edX | The Georgia Institute of Technology | $249.00 | View → |
| 4 | Data Structures | edX | University of California, Berkeley | $199.00 | View → |
| 5 | Java Programming: Intermediate Concepts | edX | Codio | $189.00 | View → |
| 6 | C++ Programming: Intermediate Concepts | edX | Codio | $189.00 | View → |
| 7 | Python Programming: Intermediate Concepts | edX | Codio | $189.00 | View → |
| 8 | Computing in Python IV: Objects & Algorithms | edX | The Georgia Institute of Technology | $189.00 | 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 8 priced courses on this page run from $69.00 to $249.00, with the middle of the range around $189.00 — 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. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley and The Georgia Institute of Technology — 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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