The best free AI courses and certificates in 2025 – and I've tried many

• Course selection: Huge, more than 1,500(!) AI courses
• Program pricing: Free trial, then $39.99/mo

LinkedIn Learning is one of the oldest online learning platforms, established in 1995 as Lynda.com. The company offers an enormous library of courses on a broad range of topics. There is a monthly fee, but many companies and schools have accounts for all their employees and students. 

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LinkedIn Learning is probably the one online education site I’ve used more than any other — starting back in the late 1990s. For years, I paid for a membership. Then, I got a membership as an alum of my grad school, which is how I use it now. With so many courses on so many topics, it’s a great go-to learning resource.

I took two classes on LinkedIn Learning. Here’s my testimonial on one of them. 

I also took the two-hour Machine Learning with Python: Foundations course, which had a great instructor — Prof. Frederick Nwanganga — who was previously unknown to me. I have to hand it to LinkedIn. They choose people who know how to teach.

I learned a lot in this course, especially about how to collect and prepare data for machine learning. I also was able to stretch my Python programming knowledge, specifically about how a machine learning model can be built in Python. In just two hours, I felt like I got a friendly and comprehensive brain dump.

You can read more here: How LinkedIn’s free AI course made me a better Python developer.

Since there are so many AI courses, you’re bound to find a helpful series. To get you started, I’ve picked three that might open some doors:

It’s worth checking with your employer, agency, or school to see if you qualify for a free membership. Otherwise, you can pay by month or year (the by-year option is about half price).

A company representative told ZDNET, “LinkedIn Learning has awarded nearly 500K professional certificates over the past 2.5 years. And, generative AI is one of the top topics represented.”