It’s always good to sharpen your skills from time to time and with online courses so readily available today, it’s easier than ever to learn a new skill to enhance your career. Below we look at some of the best online courses out there to really leverage your learning and to perhaps increase your chances of promotion, finding a new job, or to just generally learn a new skill.

But before we begin, How to Win at Working from Home Habit is a free eight week-online course well worth enrolling in if remote work has taken you by surprise and is likely to continue for you in the future. The course is taught by Dane Sanders the CEO of TellMeYourDreams.com.

Marketing Courses

Are you making the most of your marketing campaigns? Do you even have marketing campaigns? As a professional, you or your company should be harnessing the web, social media, and being active in new marketing developments to really set up your business for the future.

Whether you’re a marketing novice or you are just looking to sharpen your skills in your field, below are some of our favorite online marketing courses that’ll really propel your campaigns into successful ones.

• University of Illinois’ Digital Marketing Specialization (7 courses) – Free

• Curtin University’s Online Marketing Strategies (12 weeks) – Free

• Theo McArthur’s The Modern Digital Marketing Master Course (14hrs) – $12.99

• Udemy’s The Complete Digital Marketing Course (20hrs) – $15.99

• Digital Marketing Institute’s Online Marketing Certificate (30hrs) – $1,955

Google Courses

People use this search engine on a near-constant basis in order to find products and services, so it’s important that your business can be easily found. This can be done in a number of ways including blog posts, PPC, webpage copywriting, and via Google Ads.

Google is always changing its algorithm and updating its terms, so being aware of these changes is a great skill to have. Google provide lots of free and paid-for courses that help professionals take advantage of the search engine and the tools it provides.

• Google’s Analytics Academy – Free

• Google’s Google IT Support Professional Certificate – Free

• Google’s Make sure customers find you online – Free

• Google’s Understand customers needs and online behaviors – Free

• The University of California’s Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Specialization (5 months) – Free

Finance and Development Courses

Are you an entrepreneur looking to kick start a new business venture? Or someone at the beginning of their career that needs a hand when it comes to managing your finances? Even if you’re part of a global company that hires accountants to take care of that department, it’s still useful to have a basic understanding.

You might even be considering launching your own consulting business or wishing to start a career in finance itself. We’ve picked a handful of great finance and development online courses well worth enrolling in.

• University of Florida’s Personal & Family Financial Planning (10hrs) – Free

• MoneyCoach.io’s Personal Finance 101: Everything You Need to Know (3hrs) – Free

• McMaster University’s Learning How to Learn (15hrs) – Free

• Chris Haroun’s Hedge & Mutual Fund Careers: The Complete Guide (8hrs) – $13.99

There are plenty of great online courses out there, and some are absolutely free. We finish off our list with some online courses aimed completely at making the most of social media. HubSpot Academy’s Social Media Marketing Course and Hootsuite Academy’s Social Media Marketing Course are both perfect for beginners looking to sharpen their social media for business skills.

Have you enrolled in any free online courses during the last few months? How helpful do you find them?