Especially since the pandemic, and as happened with the increase in teleworking, virtual distance education has become one of the most viable alternatives when it comes to professional education. There are a multitude of digital courses in all kinds of disciplines, but you will find few of the quality of those offered by Google if you do not want to pay a single euro.
entering the Google training website You will see that there are up to 51 different courses available for you to start this year learning something new that will boost your professional career.
51 official courses totally free
Google wants you to start this year training in a multitude of disciplines, with courses of up to more than 20 hours (some with official certification), but completely free. This educational agreement has as partners entities such as Applied Digital Skills, Coursera, School of Industrial Organization, Fundación Santa María la Real, FutureLearn, Goodwill, Google Analytics Academy, INCIBE, OpenClassrooms, Skillshop, Complutense University of Madrid, University of Alicante or University by Helsinki & Reactor.
As you can deduce by looking at Google partners, these courses cover a large multitude of disciplines related to digital marketing, professional development or data. These have different difficulties and number of teaching hours, but you can learn everything you need by selecting specific modules or, if you prefer, do the entire course.
Google Certified Training
The best part is that some of these courses have official certification, which can undoubtedly serve to swell your resume as well as boost your business or professional career. At this time, all available courses have free certification. However it is not always so. On some occasions, Google offers free courses whose certification must be paid for, in this case the prices vary and the form of payment is made through the platform digitally.
You will obtain your certification when you complete all the syllabus. You can download it from the “My training plan” section. This certification is supported by different institutions. You can use this certification to show off your mastery of the digital world to clients, bosses, teachers and friends, recruiters or whoever you need. Once you’ve passed the final exam, you can go back to your control panel and download the certificate whenever you want, so you don’t have to worry about losing it.
Of course, so that there is no confusion, it should be noted that this certificate is not a valid university or administrative degree and cannot be validated by university credits. Its objective is to recognize the good work you have done to acquire your digital skills.
You will simply need a Google account to sign up on the platform and after logging in or creating it, you can start your training plan. Google will show you in a new window showing your progress and completed courses. In this way, you will be able to have at your fingertips the progress with each of the modules that make up each course.
