List of Online Courses and Certifications

Astrophysics: Exploring Exoplanets is an introductory course offered by Australian National University (ANUx). The online course that can be attended by the learners at their own pace and convenience is targeted at the intermediate level students. 

Astrophysics: Exploring Exoplanets Certification is available on the platform of edX. The learners may need to devote 2-4 hours per week to complete the 9-week long online course. Astrophysics: Exploring Exoplanets Certification Syllabus will introduce the learners to the exoplanets which are the planets around the stars. The learners will be given the latest updates and observations of exoplanets which is one of the revolutionary findings of modern astrophysics. 

The learners who plan to join the Astrophysics: Exploring Exoplanets Certification by ANUx are required to have high school math and physics to get full advantage of the course content. EdX renders two different methods of enrolment for the candidates of the online certification, namely, the verified track and the audit track. The former mode gives unlimited access to the programme whereas the latter track gives only a limited period of access. 

You may be familiar with what DNA is, but there are some facts about DNA that are possibly beyond your wildest imagination. For example, the amount of DNA that your cells synthesise during your lifetime, if stretched out length-wise, will cover a distance of one light-year. For even more fascinating information about DNA, take the Molecular Biology - Part 1: DNA Replication and Repair online course.

The DNA inside each cell is 2m long. But somehow, all that DNA fits inside the nucleus without becoming an entwined mess. With the Molecular Biology - Part 1: DNA Replication and Repair certification course, you will learn how cellular machinery accomplishes feats like that.

This course goes beyond the ‘what’ of the scientific information you may have come across in your textbooks and explores ‘how’ scientists derive(d) this information from molecular models. The Molecular Biology - Part 1: DNA Replication and Repair online programme by edX aims to help you develop the ability to design molecular biology experiments and analyse the data collected from these experiments. The instructor-paced programme offers two options to enrol; free and paid. In the free mode, the learners will be given access to the course only for a limited period. 

There is a broad range of plant tissues in nature like bamboo, palm, wood, etc. that have a cellular structure making them strong for their weight. If we look closely, there is a sophisticated architecture at play behind these solids. The Cellular Solids Part 1: Structures, Properties and Engineering Applications online course will help you study the mechanics and structure of various cellular materials.

With the learnings of the Cellular Solids Part 1 programme by edX, you will study the structure and processing of cellular solids as they are made from metals, glasses, polymers, composites, and ceramics. You will explore how we can design engineering materials inspired by the structural features present in nature. This is a nine weeks course.

You will generate models based on the mechanical properties of foams and honeycombs. The Cellular Solids Part 1 course will help you investigate how these cellular materials' special features can be used in practical solutions like thermal insulation, energy absorption, and lightweight structural panels. It is an offering of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

The Tropical Coastal Ecosystem programme by edX allows candidates to evolve and expertise in their understanding of the field of tropical coastal ecosystems. The candidate will get to know how such ecosystems allow goods and services to millions of people and how the undertaking of human activities caused universal devaluation. You will get to know how these distinctive ecosystems face challenges like acidification, coastal pollution, ocean warming, and many approaches to solving these issues. 

This programme will draw the inference with a creative and innovative virtual ecology project where candidates will be asked to take part in the Citizen Science Project. 

The duration of the course will be 9 weeks and candidates need to give their efforts 4-5 hours weekly to complete the course. The programme is free of cost but the candidate has to pay those who want the institutional certificate which will be provided by the University of Queensland Australia, the world’s premier teaching and research institution. The mode of teaching will be online for Tropical Coastal Ecosystem courses. The candidates can take the course either free of cost or by paying the prescribed fee. While taking the course in the free audit mode, the learners will have access to the course only for a limited period. 

This Making a Cell Therapy: Principles and Practice of Manufacturing training is a nine weeks online course. This course was designed and offered through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology via the EDX platform. Krystyn Van Vliet explains this online course.

Cellular therapies are live products that work only when they are delivered alive. This course will cover the fundamentals of cellular biology, which governs cellular growth and metabolism. Some cell therapies' improved function is dependent on our ability to engineer the cells genetically. This course will teach current and emerging approaches to genetic modification, as well as how we isolate cells from patients or donors and manipulate them, such as assisting those cells in growing and multiplying outside of the body, to generate a living product at a therapeutically relevant dose. This course will teach some of the analytical methods used to accomplish this and why these methods were chosen.

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Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) has led India’s Community Radio Movement for 15 years. However, the sector faces shortcomings in terms of lack of knowledge about community radio and its various aspects. The Radio Enabled Learning Course on Community Radio programme helps fill the gap by familiarising you with its licensing procedures, structure, ideologies, sustainability, broadcasting formats, broadcast codes, etc. 

CEMCA offers this course along with two institutes. Apeejay Stya University, Gurugram delivers the Community Radio certificate programme in Hindi. Sri Sankara College of Arts and Science, Kancheepuram, extends the course in Tamil.

The course curriculum is extensive and uses PPT and audio format to teach you. You will learn about the basics and advanced concepts in Community Radio. The Radio Enabled Learning Course on Community Radio syllabus also focuses on radio’s historical background, community radio’s application process, the community radio set-up process, its policy and governance, best practices, and more.

This Community Radio programme utilises an exciting audio format and takes a conversational approach to teach, making it easier to grasp concepts. Besides, you will learn through a musical rendition of topics and participate in audio evaluations when a chapter concludes.

The Intro to Descriptive Statistics course is a beginner-level programme. It is entirely an online course provided through the website of Udacity. Candidates who take admission in the programme will be introduced to descriptive statistics and its different aspects. Participants who are interested in the Intro to Descriptive Statistic Course can get enrolled without paying any amount since the cost of the course is zero. Students will be able to access the study material of the course at any time since the course regulates on a self-paced basis. The Intro to Descriptive Statistics syllabus includes seven chapters and can be finished in approximately two months. There are no restrictions or deadlines regarding any timings or attendance percentage, and participants can freely access the course whenever they want.

Learning has taken various new forms and has been upgraded for online consumption in the past few years. This is where MOOCs come into play as they make learning more accessible and interactive for a wide range of aspiring students. 

Designing Learner-Centric MOOCs online program is a free elective course that aims to bring Massive Open Online Courses forward and explain how these courses can be designed to become more learner-friendly.

The Designing Learner-Centric MOOCs certification is a part of the multidisciplinary category and the Faculty domain for experienced categories. The course is aimed at teachers and MOOC creators to help them create effective learning environments for their students. 

The Designing Learner-Centric MOOCs certification syllabus consists of four modules that will be taught in a span of eight weeks using video lectures and regular assignments. You can also earn a certificate by sitting for the proctored exam and qualifying with a valid score. 

The ‘Accreditation and Outcome-based Learning’ online certification course is designed for the students to learn about the effective methods of teaching and to gain insights to develop an outcome-oriented curriculum for learning. This free online certification course is provided by the education portal, Swayam along with the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). The classes are scheduled to be conducted for eight weeks and this is an undergraduate-level course for any individual who is interested in knowing more about effective pedagogic strategies to fulfill the knowledge needs.

The course instructors for this elective course and multidisciplinary program are assistant professor S K. Das Mandal from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Prof. Anup Kumar Ray. The students of this program are given academic and industrial training by professionals through hands-on methodologies that impart a theoretical and practical understanding of the concepts.

The ‘Accreditation and Outcome-based Learning’ online training helps students get a course certificate and two credit points after completion of the course.

The term “Basic Research” refers to the study and research which are meant to increase our scientific knowledge by focusing on research for truth or the development of theory. Due to these properties, basic research is fundamental and can lead to the testing, development, and refinement of more theories. This is what the Basic Research Certification Course aims to cover.

The Basic Research Training explores the research concepts and methodologies crucial for a contemporary teacher. Candidates who participate in this online training will explore the principles, tools, and techniques required to undertake research. Candidates will acquire accreditation as the course ends.

Further, the Basic Research Certification Syllabus consists of 25 comprehensive modules that are taken up over eight weeks. The course also has two credits of the undergraduate level. You will gain a thorough conceptual understanding of research and contemporary research practices. Some of the topics include data collection and sampling, types of research, and presentation.

Understanding Disciplines and Subjects Course is one of the core courses provided by the Indira Gandhi National Open University in the teacher education programme. The 8-weeks long course, included in the B.Ed programme as per the NCTE Regulations, 2014, allows candidates to understand the factors affecting the formation of an academic discipline.

Understanding Disciplines and Subjects Certification by Swayam aims at helping candidates understand the concept of knowledge and the ways of identifying specific categories of knowledge. It will further deal with the categorization of academic disciplines with the use of a knowledge base. The course will help candidates excel in the sphere of teaching and academics.

The Understanding Disciplines and Subjects Training course would assist aspiring teachers to frame school subjects and curriculum using their detailed insight about different aspects of academic disciplinary knowledge. The course will ultimately help candidates to make their teaching-learning process multidisciplinary and trans-disciplinary.

The Educational Psychology Certification addresses both theoretical and conceptual aspects, numerous factors impacting learning, and dimensions of learning for the applicants' comfort.

Educational Psychology Classes would be a true online learning experience with vibrant sets of tasks that will optimise learning. The Educational Psychology Certification Syllabus covers learning and its many issues, learning circumstances, and related aspects.

All students get an Educational Psychology Certification by University of Kerala under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

Technical education has witnessed considerable growth in the last two decades. However, its quality faces criticism as the educational system’s various subcomponents, like the input, instructional procedures, curriculum,  resources, etc., require improvement. To introduce change in this system, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of data are crucial. This is where educational research comes into play, and the Research in Technical Education programme explains its numerous aspects.

The Research in Technical Education course by Swayam is an eight-week curriculum that helps teachers understand the essentials of teaching-learning and its relevant areas. The programme syllabus covers vital topics that will help you obtain the skills for defining and choosing research problems and describing research methodologies. You will be skilled in collecting data, formulating research proposals, and other critical activities.

Designed by the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh, the Research in Technical Education training is an AICTE-approved FDP. Upon satisfying all the eligibility conditions, you can also earn the verified e-certificates to display your acquired fluency in this domain and seek career opportunities.

The Fundamental of Outcome-Based Curriculum in Engineering Education online programme is an eight-week-long course developed by the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Bhopal. It is designed to provide in-depth knowledge of Outcome-Based Curriculum Development (OBCD). OBCD serves as the basis of Outcome-Based Education (OBE). This course lets you explore the curriculum development process in detail by discussing four distinctive elements of OBCD.

The four phases discussed in the Fundamental of Outcome-Based Curriculum in Engineering Education course by Swayam are curriculum designing, curriculum evaluation, curriculum planning and curriculum implementation. You will also study the foundational characteristics of Outcome-Based Teaching-Learning (OBTL). The course educator is professor Joshua Earnest of NITTTR, Bhopal.

The Fundamental of Outcome-Based Curriculum in Engineering Education certification programme uses numerous teaching methods, including PowerPoint presentations, examples, discussion forum,  learning activities, videos, doubt clearing sessions, etc. You will learn how to use Outcome-Based Assessment (OBA) in multiple situations like laboratory, industry, classroom and the field.

The Accreditation for Diploma Engineering certification course throws light on the procedures followed by institutions to get accredited and the NBA certification benefits. The course training is imparted through fourteen modules, NBA documents, eighty-nine video sessions, in-course assessments, and discussions that enhance learners' conceptual understanding. 

The Accreditation for Diploma Engineering course curriculum requires the students to devote forty hours to the programme. This elective course falls under the domain of teacher education and is scheduled for eight weeks. Comprehensive coverage of the curriculum ensures that the learners have a holistic understanding of the subject. 

Mr. Badrilal Gupta provides the Accreditation for Diploma Engineering online training. Professor, Department of Management at the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Bhopal. He has over thirty-four years of experience in education, training, consultancy, extension, and research. 

The Accreditation for Undergraduate Engineering certification course takes learners through the complete process of accreditation and drives focus towards the intricacies of the outcome-based approach. It enables and equips the learners to obtain the certification successfully. It is an elective course and is scheduled for eight weeks. 

The Accreditation for Undergraduate Engineering course curriculum falls under the domain of teacher education. Moreover, its extensive coverage of concepts related to NBA accreditation for higher technical education ensures that the students have complete knowledge of the entire process. Everything is covered in training, from the attainment of POs, PSOs, and COs to applying for accreditation and visit. 

The Accreditation for Undergraduate Engineering online training is offered by eminent faculty from the NITTTR, Bhopal - Professor R.K. Dixit, with several years of teaching and training experience, candidates can be assured of being trained by the best professionals in the field. 

A capstone project enables an individual to design a problem, develop the solution, and tackle troubleshooting. It is an important milestone in any professional programme. The goal of the Capstone Project programme is to enable you to integrate theories, skills, and principles and encourage you to use them to solve real-world problems. While capstone projects come in various forms, this particular course will focus on various aspects of technology.

The curriculum of Capstone Project certification has been developed by the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research or NITTTR, Kolkata. This massive open online course or MOOC has been approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) as a faculty development programme or FDP. The course instructor will be Dr. Prasanta Sarkar, professor and head of the electrical engineering department at NITTTR, Kolkata.

Capstone Project is an eight-week online course in the Teacher Education category. It also offers certification if you pay the necessary fee, submit all assignments and appear for an offline exam at the end of the term. Otherwise, enrolment is free.

Learning resources are available in abundance on different levels and in several forms such as books, journals, social media, audio and visual materials, databases, newspapers, digital and printed archives, and more. However, it is crucial to manage and organise these learning resources through planning and technology. The Managing Learning Resources by Swayam aims to teach how to maximise the utilisation of resources using minimum investment. 

The Managing Learning Resources certification has been compiled by NITTTR Kolkata for the welfare of current and aspiring teachers. This eight-week course has been termed an FDP course and is approved by the AICTE for the online learning platform. After finishing this course that consists of eight modules, you will be eligible to write the proctored exam and earn a course certificate.

Besides, the Managing Learning Resources program is a self-paced online learning MOOC. Hence, you can learn at your own time and leisure and gain new skills and valuable knowledge.

Swayam has designed a unique programme centred on student evaluation and question paper authoring in association with NITTTR. Question Paper Authoring and Student Evaluation  helps teachers construct different assessment procedures and testing methods that provide better learning outcomes. The curriculum discusses assessment methods that can judge the students’ quantitative and qualitative performance and incorporate 360-degree feedback. 

The Question Paper Authoring and Student Evaluation syllabus includes assessment procedures, designing question papers, performance assessment, two-dimensional learning and more. The MOOC will help you learn through interactive methods and develop a deeper understanding of the concepts. The modules help in self-learning, and the internal assessment method of weekly assignments will test your progress during the course.

The Question Paper Authoring and Student Evaluation programme comes under the teacher education series and is a valuable course for teachers at different academic levels. If you wish to obtain the certificate, you can register for the certification exam and qualify for it.

Developed by NITTTR Chennai, the Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching program by Swayam focuses on the AICTE Technical Teacher Training module. This interactive MOOC will help you learn how technology is enhancing and transforming classroom instructions. Since incorporating technologies into classroom teaching is challenging, this curriculum provides all the critical learnings to help faculty members like you become fluent in technology-enabled learning.

The eight-week Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching training will also help you leverage your teaching skills and discover an ideal approach for your students, educational contexts, and yourself. The extensive syllabus will enable you to comprehend effective virtual teaching practices and progressively design your online learning activities. 

Furthermore, the Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching certification curriculum is a result of experts input, experiential sharing, and stakeholders interviewees. It also contains numerous case studies and examples, which will help you establish technology-enhanced instructions and what to address when you create these experiences. Upon fulfilling the required criteria, you can also obtain the course certificate.

Today, there are rapid changes in the world’s knowledge landscape. According to the National Education Policy 2020, an ideal educational institution is one where students feel cared for and welcome. Such an environment must provide stimulating and safe learning, diverse educational experiences, appropriate resources, and a robust physical infrastructure. Every educational institute must strive to attain these attributes for achieving NAAC’s accreditation, and the Quality Assurance through NAAC Accreditation Process program explains how to do that. 

The Quality Assurance through NAAC Accreditation Process certification syllabus covers essential topics to understand how accreditation and assessment are used as external quality assurance mechanisms for higher education. These topics include curricular aspects, learning resources, student progression, institutional best practices, etc. To learn these concepts in the best way possible, the curriculum offers leading experts’ demonstrations, discussions, and lectures, who work in coveted NAAC-accredited institutions.

The AICTE-approved Quality Assurance through NAAC Accreditation Process is an eight-week FDP (faculty development program). It belongs to the ‘Teacher Education’ domain and also offers verified e-certificates if you clear all the eligibility prerequisites. The curriculum is divided into 8 modules, and you can also access books and references for further reading. 

The Certification course on Study Abroad USA Training will be taught by Adam Henry, the Director of Study Abroad, at Arizona State University, and Jennifer Malerich, the Executive Director for Academic and Global Engagement, at Arizona State University. 

This Study Abroad USA program is specifically designed for administrators, faculty, and staff who have an inclination towards international learning and education. This program is the first step to enhancing the rate of participation in study abroad. This Study Abroad USA: Building Capacity for US Institutions Course is framed for people who are oriented towards international education and exposure and aspire to work in an international framework of the holistic education system.

This Study Abroad USA program can be procured by any individual who is working for a small or large-scale enterprise, public or private university, and a community college or at any other category of higher education organization in the US. Further, this course will help the candidate enhance his efforts towards educational institutions’ study abroad aim. Post the course, the learners will get a certificate and unlimited access if they take it by paying the fee. If they join the free of cost, they will get the chance to audit it for a limited period. 

Leading Change: Go Beyond Gamification with Gameful Learning course by edX has been designed for teachers and school leaders. The idea is to teach them the strategies and tools needed to support gameful learning in schools. This program has been developed in partnership with the University of Michigan and Microsoft. It is offered to revamp learning and teaching at all educational levels by using video games to create a good learning environment.

The Go Beyond Gamification with Gameful Learning online course discusses how the creation of classroom learning environments can support students’ qualities of competence, autonomy, and relatedness. By doing so, educators will be successful in encouraging resilient and actively engaged learning among learners. This method can engage learners on a global, regional, and local scale.

Furthermore, the Go Beyond Gamification with Gameful Learning program focuses on the latest method to devise an assessment and curriculum which can provide every student with concrete support for personalized learning. By paying the fee, this course will also earn you a verified certificate upon completion, which can be shared on your CV or LinkedIn to advance your career. Without a fee, the programme can be audited by the learners for a limited period of time. 

The convergence of technology and education has become increasingly popular as a result of rapid global change. To flourish in a diverse classroom environment and a rapidly changing academic world, Teachers must adapt to specific teaching and learning practices to provide great learning experiences to their students. The Teaching With Technology online course teaches how to integrate technologies in the lesson plans, classroom activities, and teaching strategies.

The Teaching With Technology Training encourages learning about the history of technology as a tool of teaching and cultivates the opportunity to initiate a pedagogical change using technology in various contexts, guided by associate professor and Business analyst Joanne Hardman. The Teaching With Technology syllabus explores highly theoretical and practical applications and provides the knowledge of tools needed to deliver outstanding education to students at every stage of education. The course teaches to apply the most recent applications in primary, secondary, and higher education settings, as well as trains to use technology in an effective and substantive manner.

The Professional Certificate in English for Business Networking is a four-part series for the interested candidates. Conducting an Informational Interview certification course happens to be the capstone course of the series. It is an eight-week-long course with an online mode of learning. The faculty from the University of Washington will instruct this course.

Conducting an Informational Interview online course houses practical approaches to putting your communication and networking skills into place. You will get the opportunity to practice and conduct a mock informational interview. Through the interview, you will learn to clarify your goals, telephonic arrangements, and how you can research a person. The parts of an interview are also covered in the curriculum.

Conducting an Informational Interview course by edX will allow you to write important questions for getting to know a person better. You will be able to make out the details of their career and personality by conducting these mock interviews. This language course requires you to devote roughly three to five hours every week to get the maximum out of the programme.

There are 2 modes of study which are called the Audit and Verified Track. The students have the provision to select any track and continue their studies. In the case of Audit tracks, candidates will get a time limit in which they will have to learn the course materials but in the case of Verified tracks, one will have an unlimited period in which they may complete the course.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, By 2029, the number of postsecondary teaching employment in the United States is anticipated to rise by 9%. The Higher Education Teaching Certificate online course offered by Harvard University introduces candidates to the effective higher education teaching approaches.

Candidates will be introduced to the most up-to-date research on how kids learn, as well as how to apply this knowledge in their own classrooms. The Harvard Bok Higher Education Teaching Certificate Training allows students to focus on their portfolio, teaching practices, and progress as a teacher in this sector as well as examine educational techniques in the context of higher education, such as student involvement and class management.

The Higher Education Teaching Certificate syllabus provides candidates with the opportunity to learn more about reflective teaching techniques and to brush up on their abilities by taking a more aware, collaborative, and polished perspective to their third-level practice of education teaching.

Comprehending and applying newer surface analysis methods into contemporary surface science studies is what this intermediate course offers the students. This course is ideal for those students who want to build an impeccable career in surface science and to explore the techniques in this field of science. 

This completely online based self-paced course will be accessible to the learners with a flexible learning system offered by the edX platform which will cover a comprehensive curriculum under the guidance of experienced faculty. For the enrolled students, the Surface science: Methods of Surface analysis program is provided by edX which is an online platform for providing global online education, and the course is designed by the National research nuclear university: MEPhl, one of the top technical universities in Russia. This course is packed with multiple benefits including free and paid versions for the course. The students are provided with a verified certificate upon course completion which will be certified with MEPhl’s course instructor, Yaroslav A Sadovskiy.

The students are introduced to the concepts of surface analysis and various methods such as Probe microscopes, X-ray diagnostics, Electronics diagnostics, Corpuscular diagnostics, and so on which form the overall Surface science: Methods of Surface analysis certification syllabus.

Developing Instructionally Embedded Performance Assessment Tools for the NGSS Classroom certification course is taught by a senior research associate and program director from Stanford University. This course is designed to guide participants step-by-step for a three-dimensional assessment approach. This course will also provide the opportunity for participants to engage in a peer-to-peer feedback process with another development team. 

This course is designed for participants who have already taken the SNAP Course 1 for performance assessment in the NGSS classroom or for those who have comprehensive experience with NGSS appendices E, F, and G and with analyzing dimensions of a performance assessment. 

With this course, participants would learn the procedures for defining performance, and outcomes, selecting phenomena, and developing tasks to meet a set of criteria for high-quality assessments. The course also features embedded questions throughout that are prompts for groups to discuss, while any team member can enter the response thereof for the whole group. There are two enrolment modes for learners to join the self-paced course either paying the fee or free of cost. The verified mode provides unlimited access to the course and a certificate and the free audit mode gives the limited duration of access. 

Have you ever wondered about the different ways of measuring speed, and why do objects move the way they do? If yes, then the Question Everything: Scientific Thinking in Real Life training is for you. This science course is created for curious individuals with an inclination to unpack the inner workings of everyday instances and make you better prepared to pursue Science and Maths. 

The course is the fruit of a collaboration between the University of Queensland and Brisbane Grammar School. The Question Everything: Scientific Thinking in Real Life online course will cover key scientific concepts and real-life applications of these concepts. You will also get to supplement your learning with examples. 

High school students can join the Question Everything: Scientific Thinking in Real Life program to nurture their interest in maths and science. Students will develop their scientific thinking skills in this online course which has a duration of eight weeks. Learners familiar with fundamental concepts of Mathematics can pursue the course. The candidates are given the option of two tracks which may be chosen so that the course can be completed. Both the course tracks are self-paced but there is a time limit until which the course remains accessible in the audit mode. But in the case of the verified track, the candidates will be able to access the course materials for an unlimited period of time.

If you are planning to pursue higher education from a foreign university/institution in an English-speaking country, you need to secure a certain score in the IELTS exam. The University of Queensland’s IELTS Academic Test Preparation course will help you acquire your academic IELTS goal for entering the international university of your choice.

The IELTS Academic Test Preparation online course is developed by English teaching professionals who have relevant experience in the field. The training will give you access to practice material for over 80 hours. It also houses adequate multimedia presentations covering every section of the test, namely writing, speaking, listening, and reading.

Apart from the engaging video lectures, the other learning aids include IELTS-style exercises, engaging practice activities, and explanations of questions and answers. The IELTS Academic Test Preparation certification course runs for eight weeks and is well-suited for anyone who is planning to take the Academic IELTS test. Although the course has a free audit option, you can access additional resources from the IELTSx course team only with the verified path. The free audit option will be open to access only for a limited period of time whereas the verified track is paid and accessible for an unlimited time period.