Essay Writing Courses

Effective Presentations and Persuasive Writing

15 ratings at Coursera

Master effective presentations and persuasive writing techniques. Develop skills in slide design, argument structuring, and proposal writing. Learn to adapt communication styles and stay current with industry trends.

• Coursera
• 10 hours 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Teaching Writing Final Project

Develop writing skills through reflection, lesson planning, and practical application of key concepts from the Teaching Writing specialization.

• Coursera
• 21 hours 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Creative Writing: The Craft of Style

8 ratings

Enhance your writing style through metaphor, imagery, and word choice. Learn revision techniques to create compelling stories and polished prose.

• Coursera
• 11 hours 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

TOEFL Speaking and Writing Sections Skills Mastery

185 ratings at Coursera

Master TOEFL iBT speaking and writing skills with effective strategies, task-specific techniques, and practice exercises. Boost confidence, reduce anxiety, and improve time management for optimal test performance.

• Coursera
• 7 hours 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Credential

Learn English: Writing Effectively with Complex Sentences

87 ratings at Coursera

Enhance your English writing skills by mastering complex sentences. Learn to use adverb, adjective, and noun clauses effectively, avoiding common mistakes and expressing ideas with greater sophistication.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Enhance your Writing with Adverb Clauses

61 ratings at Coursera

In the first part of the course, you’ll learn some basic information about adverb clauses. Then, we’ll dive into the categories of ideas that adverb clauses express, and you’ll practice using subordinating conjunctions--the many grammar words that start…

• Coursera
• 12 hours 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Enhance your Writing with Adjective Clauses

24 ratings at Coursera

Do you have a hard time describing things, people, and places in English? This course will show you how to be more descriptive in your writing by incorporating adjective clauses in complex sentences.

• Coursera
• 12 hours 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Enhance your Writing with Noun Clauses

17 ratings at Coursera

This course is designed to hold your hand step-by-step through the most basic concepts of noun clauses all the way to the end goal of writing a paragraph with varied noun clauses.

• Coursera
• 11 hours 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

IELTS Writing Section Skills Mastery

1301 ratings at Coursera

The lessons in this course will improve your overall skills in writing and prepare you for every type of writing prompt on the test, increasing your chances of getting your target band score.

• Coursera
• 6 hours 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Writing for Social Justice

Learn to harness the power of writing to bring about about personal, social, and political changes that matter.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 4-5 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Writing Case Studies: Science of Delivery

1 rating

Learn how to write “science of delivery" case studies, which help us understand how practitioners implement complex policies or programs.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 3-5 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Creative Writing: The Craft of Character

7 ratings

At the center of a good story are the characters in it. In this course aspiring writers will discover how to build and bring to life complex, vivid and unforgettable characters.

• Coursera
• 9 hours 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Writing Winning Resumes and Cover Letters

6 ratings

How can you bring your resume to the top of the pile? You will learn how to convert a boring resume into a dynamic asset statement that conveys your talents in the language that an employer understands.

• Coursera
• 15 hours 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Becoming the Next Bill Nye: Writing and Hosting the Educational Show (January IAP 2015)

Becoming the Next Bill Nye is about using video production techniques to develop your ability to engagingly convey your passions for science, technology, engineering, and / or math.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 21 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Learn to Teach Java: Writing Classes and Arrays

14 ratings at Coursera

Learn Java class design and arrays, and gain skills to teach these concepts effectively using the CS Awesome textbook. Ideal for AP Computer Science A instructors or university-level programming teachers.

• Coursera
• 13 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course