How to Succeed at: Writing Applications

427 reviews

This free three week course will help you produce a perfect CV, application and online profile when applying for a job or course.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• 20th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

H.N.B Garhwal University (A Central University) Srinagar Garhwal;  CEC

Academic Writing

1732 reviews

This course aims to fill this gap by providing the fundamental knowledge required for effective and result oriented academic writing. It is a foundation course and the application of this knowledge completely depends on an individual learner and his or h…

• Swayam
• 15 weeks long
• 11th Jul, 2022
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time

Grammar and Punctuation

33 reviews

After completing this course, you will be able to: - identify the correct verb tenses to use - use commas effectively - utilize several different sentence types - write more effectively in English

• Coursera
• 17 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Writing in the Sciences

14 reviews

This course teaches scientists to become more effective writers, using practical examples and exercises. Topics include: principles of good writing, tricks for writing faster and with less anxiety, the format of a scientific manuscript, peer review, gran…

• Coursera
• 30 hours worth of material, 8 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

TU Munich

Academic Writing Made Easy

44 reviews

Struggling with writing an academic text? This MOOC will ease the pain – and make your writing shine.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 8 weeks long
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

English Composition I

19 reviews

You will gain a foundation for college-level writing valuable for nearly any field.

• Coursera
• 25 hours worth of material, 10 weeks long
• 20th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

English Grammar and Style

34 reviews

Learn key concepts and strategies in grammar and style to help enhance your writing and confidently respond to the demand of high levels of literacy in the 21st century.

• edX
• 3-4 hours a week, 8 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

How to Write an Essay

28 reviews

An introduction to academic writing for English Language Learners, focusing on essay development, grammatical correctness, and self-editing.

• edX
• 5-6 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Wesleyan University

Creative Writing: The Craft of Plot

17 reviews

In this course aspiring writers will be introduced to perhaps the most elemental and often the most challenging element of story: plot. We will learn what keeps it moving, how it manipulates our feelings, expectations, and desires. We will learn how to…

• Coursera
• 5-6 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 20th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Discovering Science: Science Writing

28 reviews

What science discoveries will you choose to write about?

• FutureLearn
• 5 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Research for Essay Writing

7 reviews

This is the last course in the Academic Writing specialization before the capstone project. By the end of this course, you will be able to complete all the steps in planning a research paper.

• Coursera
• 20 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Perfect Tenses and Modals

7 reviews

In this course, you will learn about important intermediate verb tenses, including present perfect, present perfect progressive, past perfect, and past perfect progressive. You will also learn about common modal verbs used in English.

• Coursera
• 29 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 20th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Advanced Writing

7 reviews

After completing this course, you will be able to plan and write a more sophisticated argument essay.

• Coursera
• 20 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 20th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Wesleyan University

Creative Writing: The Craft of Setting and Description

12 reviews

In this course aspiring writers will be introduced to the techniques that masters of fiction use to ground a story in a concrete world. From the most realist settings to the most fantastical, writers will learn how to describe the physical world in shar…

• Coursera
• 7-8 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 20th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Adjectives and Adjective Clauses

5 reviews

Adjectives and adjective clauses are very common in English, so students need to be able to understand them when they see them or hear them.

• Coursera
• 25 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)