Academic Writing Courses

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

Academic Writing

1667 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
• 1 week from now (11th Jul)
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time

TU Munich

Academic Writing Made Easy

39 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
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

How to Write an Essay

26 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)

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
• 1 week from now (11th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Research for Essay Writing

6 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
• 4 days from now (4th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Academic and Business Writing

17 reviews

An introduction to academic and business writing for English Language Learners, focusing on grammar, vocabulary, structure, editing, and publication.

• edX
• 3-5 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Getting Started with Essay Writing

16 reviews

By introducing you to three types of academic essays, this course will especially help prepare you for work in college classes, but anyone who wants to improve his or her writing skills can benefit from this course.

• Coursera
• 20 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 2 weeks from now (18th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

UCT

Writing your World: Finding yourself in the academic space

2 reviews

In this course, we provide practical insights into how to write an academic essay. We show you how to develop the academic skills needed to be a competent academic writer.

• Coursera
• 19 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 1 week from now (11th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Central University of Himachal Pradesh;  UGC

Research Ethics

1 review

Academic honesty, integrity and research ethics are underlying tenets for conducting qualitative research. Academic integrity entails honesty, ethics, transparency, accountability, trust in academic and research endeavours. All the research scholars and…

• Swayam
• 15 weeks long
• tomorrow (1st Jul)
• Free Online Course

Writing Skills for University Success

In this course, you’ll learn how to write effectively in different academic formats, especially essays and longer research papers.

• Coursera
• 7-8 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 27th Jun, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of the Witwatersrand

Academic writing for clarity and meaning

7 reviews

Learn principles and practices to improve your academic writing

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

How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper (Project-Centered Course)

5 reviews

In this project-based course, you will outline a complete scientific paper, choose an appropriate journal to which you'll submit the finished paper for publication, and prepare a checklist that will allow you to independently judge whether your paper is…

• Coursera
• 13 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 27th Jun, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Academic English

2 reviews

A practical and introductory course to build your skills in academic writing.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 10 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Reading

An Intermediate Guide to Writing in English for University Study

1 review

Improve your academic English skills further, learning about critical analysis, using sources, avoiding plagiarism and more.

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

Lund University

Writing in English at University

This course aims to give you an understanding of the conventions of academic writing in English and to teach you the components and benefits of what is called process writing.

• Coursera
• 24 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 2 weeks from now (18th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)