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20 free online courses you can take from the Google homepage right now

Staff Writer

 ·21 Jan 2019

Google recently updated its South African homepage to include links to a number of its online courses.

All of the courses are free of charge and are designed to help South Africans grow their business or jumpstart their career.

In addition to a selection of courses, Google allows users to learn by selecting individual modules or by taking an entire course end-to-end.

Each course also indicates the number of contained modules, the estimated amount of time it takes to complete a course, and whether you will receive an official accreditation.

These are the courses on offer:

Data and tech 

• Understand the basics of code (1 hour)

• Increase productivity at work (1 hour)

• Understand the basics of machine learning (1 hour)

• Improve your online business security (1 hour)

Digital marketing

• Fundamentals of digital marketing (40 hours) 

• Get a business online (3 hours) 

• Make sure customers find you online (3 hours) 

• Promote a business with online advertising (3 hours) 

• Expand a business to other countries (1 hour)

• Connect with customers over mobile (1 hour) 

• Promote a business with content (3 hours) 

• Understand customers needs and online behaviours (1 hour) 

Career development

• Build confidence with self-promotion (1 hour)

• How to enhance and protect your online campaign (7 hours)

• Land your next job (1 hour)

• Intro to digital wellbeing (1 hour)

• Effective networking (1 hour)

• Intro to business communication (1 hour)

• Communicate your ideas through storytelling and design  (1 hour)

• Speaking in public (1 hour)

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