Cyber Security for Small and Medium Enterprises

Cyber Security for Small and Medium Enterprises

Almost daily we hear about cyber attacks on large organizations, but we rarely hear much about similar attacks on small and medium enterprises. This doesn’t mean that they’re not happening.

In the course “Cyber Security for Small and Medium Enterprises: Identifying Threats and Preventing Attacks“, you’ll explore some of the common cyber threats facing small and medium enterprises, what a cyber…

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Learn E-Commerce Strategies To Increase Revenue

Learn E-Commerce Strategies To Increase Revenue

In the free online course “E-Commerce and Selling Online” learn ways in which businesses of any size can complete transactions using online technology and how selling online can help your business reach new markets and increase business sales and revenues.

The course introduces you to the practice of e-commerce, the range of benefits that come from purchasing and selling products and services…

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Learn How To Advertise Your Business Online - A Free Course

Learn How To Advertise Your Business Online – A Free Course

In the ALISON free online course “Advertising Your Business Online” you will learn about the different options available for advertising businesses online. You will learn about ways in which online advertising can be used to promote a business and reach a wider audience compared with traditional advertising approaches. Advertising online can help your business reach new customers and increase…

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Learn About the Diverse World of Social Enterprise

Learn About the Diverse World of Social Enterprise

Can business do good? In the course “Social Enterprise: Business Doing Good” we explore different models of social enterprise and the local and global problems that they aim to address. This course is part of the Social Enterprise program, which will enable you to turn your social enterprise idea into action.

This course is a must for anyone who wants to understand more about what social…

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Can Wellbeing Make Everyone More Focused and Effective?

Can Wellbeing Make Everyone More Focused and Effective?

Since the financial crisis, there has been an increased interest in moving away from GDP and wealth as measures of national and individual performance. Instead, more explicit attention is being paid to wellbeing around the world, and how we can promote it at the individual, local, national and international levels.

The free online course “Social Wellbeing” will help you engage constructively in…

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Improve Your Knowledge of Biology - A Free Course

Improve Your Knowledge of Biology – A Free Course

The comprehensive “Advanced Biology” course introduces a broad range of biology subjects including molecular, gene and cell biology, organic and inorganic compounds, experimental methods and designs, regulatory mechanisms in plants and animals, pathogens and parasites and more.

This free online course builds on the Introductory Biology course. It is particularly suitable for any student of…

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Improve Your Understanding of Biology With This Free Course

Improve Your Understanding of Biology With This Free Course

The ALISON free online course “Fundamentals of Biology” presents the learner with a basic introduction to the living world. The lessons explore the characteristics of living things, how to use a microscope, and organisms, cells, and nutrients. The course is an ideal study aid and complement to classes for second level students and is valuable to parents who wish to help their children with their…

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Learn How to Build and Sustain Your Network to Enhance Your Career

Learn How to Build and Sustain Your Network to Enhance Your Career

Networking is a fundamental skill, which will help you take control of your career.  Learn how to build and sustain your network to enhance your professional relationships and open up career opportunities. The free online course “Business Fundamentals: Effective Networking” introduces the principles of networking as a fundamental skill to help develop your personal brand in the world of work.

Bus…

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Uncover New Perspectives on Your Customers

Uncover New Perspectives on Your Customers

No matter how sophisticated your marketing is, if it doesn’t result in attracting customers, then your business is set to fail. The free online course “The Digital Economy: Selling Through Customer Insight” uncovers new perspectives on the role and behaviour of your customers and applies fresh thinking to how marketing and selling activities combine to create customers who keep coming back.

The…

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Improve Your Knowledge of Key Subjects in Mathematics

Improve Your Knowledge of Key Subjects in Mathematics

ALISON.com’s free online “Diploma in Mathematics” course gives you comprehensive knowledge and understanding of key subjects in mathematics. Maths qualifications are in great demand from employers and this math course will greatly enhance your career prospects.

Diploma in Mathematics Course Content

ALISON.com’s math course will greatly enhance your skills, giving you a greater understanding of…

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Understand How Digital Marketing Can Help Your Startup

Understand How Digital Marketing Can Help Your Startup

If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll never arrive, which is why you need a strategy to direct your digital marketing decisions. The free online course “Online Business: Digital Marketing for Success” will introduce you to the rapidly evolving world of digital marketing and the role it plays in driving awareness and sales for online businesses. We will go on a customer journey together, to…

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Discover Why Pricing is Key to the Success of Your Startup

Discover Why Pricing is Key to the Success of Your Startup

Do you ever hear people say “I have a lot of interest in my business and I am working hard, but I am not making any money”? The free online course “Online Business: Pricing for Success” will help you understand the key aspects of getting your prices and costs right while aligning pricing to your marketing strategies. This course is part of the Online Business Successprogram, which will enable you…

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Understand How to Find and Retain the Most Valuable Customers

Understand How to Find and Retain the Most Valuable Customers

When asked who their customer is, aspiring entrepreneurs often say “anyone”. This could not be further from the truth. The free online course “Online Business: Customer Profiling for Success” will help you understand how you can use primary and secondary research, to identify the right customer and design engagement strategies to attract and retain them. This course is part of the Online Business…

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Take Your Online Business from Ideation to Implementation

Take Your Online Business from Ideation to Implementation

With so many ways to operate online, it is important that you understand what your business is and where it fits in. Take your online business from ideation to implementation with one of four courses in the “Online Business Success” program. The free online course “Online Business: Planning for Success” focuses on the planning phase of starting a small online business and will introduce what you…

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Get a Practical Insight into Big Data Analytics - A Free Course

Get a Practical Insight into Big Data Analytics – A Free Course

Data is everywhere and can be obtained from many different sources. Digital data can be obtained from social media, images, audio recordings and sensors, and electronic data is quite often available as real-time data streams. Many of these datasets have the potential to provide solutions to important problems, and advice in making decisions in health, science, sociology, engineering, business,…

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Learn About Research Theory Behind Public Relations Functions

Learn About Research Theory Behind Public Relations Functions

The free online course “Public Relations: Optimize Systems Theory and Stakeholder Management Practices” guides you in a step-by-step manner through the organizational principles, stakeholder prioritization, and research practices of modern public relations.

This will be of great interest to you if you work in the area of PR and communications, and would like to learn more about effective PR. It…

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Build Your Business From Home With These Free Courses

Build Your Business From Home With These Free Courses

As a home-based freelancer, there are key skills that can truly make the difference between getting by, and being successful. ALISON is the perfect fit for growth-hungry freelancers due to the flexibility of learning in your own time and at your own pace – and at no cost.

Here are some the key skills you will need, and links to free courses where you can obtain the skills:

1. As a freelancer, you…

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Understand Value-Driven Process Thinking in Business

Understand Value-Driven Process Thinking in Business

In today’s dynamic business environment, every organization manages a large number of business processes. Business processes determine what gets done, when and how, allowing organizations to achieve their strategic goals. What are the main ingredients of a business process and how can business process management (BPM) be effectively used to improve organizational performance?

The free online…

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Discover How Optical Earth Observation Data Is Gathered

Discover How Optical Earth Observation Data Is Gathered

Earth observation (EO) encompasses a series of techniques that use remote sensing to monitor changes to our climate, and natural and built environment.

Discover how optical Earth observation data is gathered and used in the free online course “Earth Observation from Space: the Optical View” from the European Space Agency (ESA).  The course will also provide detailed case studies of how this data…

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Explore Online Privacy, Payment and Security at Home

Explore Online Privacy, Payment and Security at Home

In the modern world, information security has an influence on all of us: at home, at work, online and in life in general. Like many inventions that have gone before, the internet and the web, the cloud and the Internet of Things (IoT) bring with them many advantages, but also open up new possibilities for criminal activity.

So should you avoid all contact with this brave new world? The free…

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