By Papri Chanda
Published Mar 22, 2025

Hindustan Times
Education

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Forbes share 5 free online computer courses with certificates

If you are wondering which computer course to take that will award you a certificate, check out these courses. Forbes has shared 5 free online computer courses with certificates to build a better resume.

Learn HTML: This course is 7 hours long, and students learn the language basics. They then apply their knowledge by completing four projects.

Digital Thinking Tools for Better Decision Making: This 24-hour course is offered by OpenLearn by the Open University. Participants will learn how to fine-tune their online searches, assess the credibility of information they find online, use Python to calculate answers to problems, and build an argument map using FreeMind.

Responsive Web Design: In this Responsive Web Design Certification, you'll learn the languages that developers use to build webpages: HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) for content, and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for design. The course duration is 300 hours.

CS50: Introduction to Computer Science: Offered by Harvard University, CS50x teaches students how to think algorithmically and solve problems efficiently. Topics include abstraction, algorithms, data structures, encapsulation, resource management, security, software engineering, and web development. The course lasts 10 to 20 hours per week.

Introduction of AI: This free course is created by MinnaLearn and the University of Helsinki. The duration of the course is six weeks. This course, Introduction to AI, comprises six modules covering problem-solving with AI, machine learning, neural networks, and the societal impacts of AI.