15 Best Recursion Courses Online
We compared 15 Recursion courses currently listed on edX and Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $249.00. 8 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
- 15
- Price range
- $49.00 – $249.00
- Providers
- edX, Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, Coursera, 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 $49.00 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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Computer Science: Programming with a Purpose
Offered by Princeton University
The basis for education in the last millennium was “reading, writing, and arithmetic;” now it is reading, writing, and computing. Learning to program is an essential part of the education of every student, not just in th...
$49.00listed price -
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Essential Mathematics for Computer Science
Offered by Goldsmiths, University of London & University of London
The Essential Mathematics for Computer Science specialisation provides the fundamental toolkit needed to excel in computing, data science, and software engineering. Across five courses, you will progress from core mathem...
$49.00listed price -
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MATLAB Programming for Engineers and Scientists
Offered by Vanderbilt University
This Specialization is designed for learners with little to no programming experience and teaches them to create MATLAB programs that solve real-world engineering and scientific problems. While the focus is on general co...
$49.00listed price -
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Rust Basics and Core Concepts
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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Advanced Data Structures and Algorithm Optimization
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 -
9
BiteSize Python for Absolute Beginners: Flow Controls
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
This course focuses on mastering Python’s control flow mechanisms, including branching, looping, and functions. It covers essential concepts such as making decisions with if, if-else, and if-elif-else structures (branchi...
$49.00listed price -
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Discrete Mathematical Tools for Computer Science
Offered by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
This specialization builds the core discrete mathematics toolkit used throughout computer science, with a focus on logic, counting, algorithms, recursion, and probability. Learners develop rigorous problem-solving and re...
$49.00listed price -
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DSA In Python + Top 130 Leetcode Problems for MAANG
Offered by Packt
This specialization 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 throug...
$49.00listed price -
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Foundations of Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis
Offered by Packt
Unlock the power of algorithms and data structures with this comprehensive course. Begin your journey by mastering essential concepts such as Big O notation, space complexity, and recursion. Through clear explanations an...
$49.00listed price -
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Data Structures and Algorithms: The Complete Masterclass
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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LEETCODE In C++ - Top 100 Coding Interview Problems
Offered by Packt
This specialization 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 throug...
$49.00listed price -
15
Scala Fundamentals
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
Best Recursion 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 15 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $249.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $200.00. 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 and Coursera. 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. 8 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
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.