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By what learners rate each course, weighted by how many people rated it, and by how many people took it. A 5.0 from 3 people does not outrank a 4.8 from 50,000. Courses with no ratings rank by reach.

Which AI course should a complete beginner start with?

Pick the Beginner level, then a topic like AI basics or Use AI at work. The top of that list is beginner courses with high ratings from many learners, and many are free to start.

Are there free AI courses?

Yes. Use the Price filter: Free courses cost nothing, and Free to start courses let you audit or try the first part before you pay for a certificate.

Where does the course data come from?

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Can a platform pay to rank higher?

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#151Udemy· Course
Intro to Data Science: QuickStart Guide + AI & ChatGPT Prize
Kirill Eremenko, Hadelin de Ponteves, SuperDataScience Team, Ligency
4.6 (9.8K) out of 5 from 9,839 ratings5 hours
BeginnerData science
PaidView course ↗
#152Udemy· Course
Introducción al mundo de la Inteligencia Artificial
Alejandro Aquino Navarro
4.6 (9.7K) out of 5 from 9,727 ratings3.5 hours
All levelsAI basics
PaidView course ↗
#153Udemy· Course
AI Agents & Workflows - The Practical Guide
Maximilian Schwarzmüller
4.5 (16.2K) out of 5 from 16,245 ratings6.5 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#154Udemy· Course
Prompt Engineering Frameworks & Methodologies
Start-Tech Academy, Abhishek Bansal, Pukhraj Parikh
4.5 (16K) out of 5 from 16,001 ratings3 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#155DataCamp· Course
Responsible AI Practices
4.7 (6K) out of 5 from 5,980 ratings20.1K learners2 hours
BeginnerEthics and safety
Free to startView course ↗
#156Coursera· Course
AI Fundamentals for Non-Data Scientists
University of Pennsylvania
4.8 (1.1K) out of 5 from 1,086 ratings84.8K learners4 hours
All levelsData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#157Coursera· Course
A Crash Course in Data Science
Johns Hopkins University
4.5 (8.4K) out of 5 from 8,423 ratings215.1K learners6 hours
BeginnerData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#158Udemy· Course
Generative AI for Leaders: Strategy & Adoption
Aakriti E-Learning Academy
4.6 (9.4K) out of 5 from 9,382 ratings3.5 hours
All levelsAI for business
PaidView course ↗
#159Udemy· Course
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning for Business
Analytics Vidhya
4.4 (27.1K) out of 5 from 27,124 ratings6 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#160Udemy· Course
Explainable AI (XAI) For Generative AI
Minerva Singh
4.5 (15.4K) out of 5 from 15,363 ratings2.5 hours
All levelsAI basics
PaidView course ↗
#161DataCamp· Course
Building Scalable Agentic Systems
4.8 (3.8K) out of 5 from 3,787 ratings20.3K learners1 hour
BeginnerLLMs and agents
Free to startView course ↗
#162Udemy· Course
Intro to Large Language Models (LLMs)
365 Careers, Lauren Newbould
4.5 (15.1K) out of 5 from 15,087 ratings2.5 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#163Udemy· Course
Build Generative AI Apps and Solutions with No-Code Tools
Henry Habib, The Intelligent Worker
4.6 (9K) out of 5 from 9,043 ratings5.5 hours
All levelsUse AI at work
PaidView course ↗
#164Udemy· Course
Prompt and Context Engineering 101 for ChatGPT & Claude
Mike Wheeler, Ezekiel Wheeler, Evan Wheeler
4.4 (26.3K) out of 5 from 26,254 ratings2.5 hours
All levelsUse AI at work
PaidView course ↗
#165Udemy· Course
AI Builder: Create Agents, Voice Agents & Automations in n8n
Ligency , Ed Donner
4.7 (5.7K) out of 5 from 5,657 ratings15 hours
BeginnerLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#166DataCamp· Course
LLMOps Concepts
4.8 (3.7K) out of 5 from 3,702 ratings18.8K learners1 hour
BeginnerAI engineering
Free to startView course ↗
#167Udemy· Course
ChatGPT for Work: The Definitive Guide to Innovate with AI
Diego Davila, BR Courses, Diego Davila Support, Phil Ebiner, Video School
4.6 (8.8K) out of 5 from 8,781 ratings2.5 hours
All levelsUse AI at work
PaidView course ↗
#168Coursera· Course
機器學習基石上 (Machine Learning Foundations)---Mathematical Foundations
National Taiwan University
4.9 (939) out of 5 from 939 ratings49.8K learners10 hours
BeginnerMachine learningChinese
FreeView course ↗
#169Coursera· Course
Computational Neuroscience
University of Washington
4.6 (1.1K) out of 5 from 1,148 ratings151.5K learners20 hours
BeginnerAI basics
FreeView course ↗
#170Coursera· Course
Trustworthy Generative AI
Vanderbilt University
4.8 (1.2K) out of 5 from 1,182 ratings69.2K learners9 hours
BeginnerEthics and safety
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#171AWS Skill Builder· Course
Developing Machine Learning Solutions
Amazon Web Services
4.6 (8.6K) out of 5 from 8,559 ratings1 hour
BeginnerMachine learning
FreeView course ↗
#172Udemy· Course
ChatGPT Complete Course - Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT
Mike Wheeler, Evan Wheeler
4.5 (13.9K) out of 5 from 13,922 ratings6 hours
BeginnerLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#173edX· Course
AI for Everyone: Master the Basics
IBM
4.5 (487) out of 5 from 487 ratings331.4K learners16 hours
BeginnerUse AI at work
Free to auditView course ↗
#174Udemy· Course
AI Coder: Complete Claude Code & Coding Agents Course
Ligency , Ed Donner
4.5 (13.7K) out of 5 from 13,704 ratings17 hours
All levelsCode with AI
PaidView course ↗
#175Udemy· Course
The Agentic AI Engineering Masterclass 2026
Prof. Ryan Ahmed, PhD, MBA, Stemplicity Inc.
4.6 (8.2K) out of 5 from 8,194 ratings14 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#176Udemy· Course
Generative AI for Beginners: Future of Innovation Unlocked
Metla Sudha Sekhar
4.5 (13.5K) out of 5 from 13,466 ratings4.5 hours
BeginnerUse AI at work
PaidView course ↗
#177Udemy· Course
Complete Prompt Engineering Practical Course C|PEPC
Dey Academy, NextGen Tech
4.6 (8.1K) out of 5 from 8,053 ratings9 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#178Udemy· Course
Artificial Intelligence for Business + LLM Prize [2026]
Hadelin de Ponteves, Kirill Eremenko, SuperDataScience Team, Ligency
4.7 (5.1K) out of 5 from 5,102 ratings15 hours
BeginnerLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#179Coursera· Course
Machine Learning: Clustering & Retrieval
University of Washington
4.7 (2.4K) out of 5 from 2,371 ratings101.9K learners8 hours
All levelsMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#180AWS Skill Builder· Course
AWS Cloud Quest: Generative AI Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
4.8 (3.3K) out of 5 from 3,321 ratings10 hours
BeginnerAI engineering
FreeView course ↗

How we rank AI courses

How are these AI courses ranked?: By what learners rate each course, weighted by how many people rated it, and by how many people took it. A 5.0 from 3 people does not outrank a 4.8 from 50,000. Courses with no ratings rank by reach.
Which AI course should a complete beginner start with?: Pick the Beginner level, then a topic like AI basics or Use AI at work. The top of that list is beginner courses with high ratings from many learners, and many are free to start.
Are there free AI courses?: Yes. Use the Price filter: Free courses cost nothing, and Free to start courses let you audit or try the first part before you pay for a certificate.
Where does the course data come from?: From each platform's own catalogue pages and public course lists: titles, levels, ratings, learner counts, length and price as the platform shows them. Prices can change; the platform's page has the current price.
Can a platform pay to rank higher?: No. The order comes only from ratings and reach. Some links may earn us a commission. Commissions play no part in the order.