Free courses from their official providers, chosen because they are practical. Each shows who it suits, its level, and only what I could verify.
I checked these details on the official sites on 29 September 2026. Providers change their catalogues, so check the official page before enrolling.
AI
Mohamad's pick
OpenAI Academy
AI Foundations
A hands-on introduction to AI, language models and ChatGPT built around one real task from your own work: clear instructions, useful context and reviewing what comes back.
Why I recommend it: The best starting point I have found if you have not yet used AI in everyday work: short, and it starts from a task you already know rather than generic examples.
Best for
Complete beginners who want to use AI at work this week, not just read about it.
A short module on how large language models work, what makes a prompt effective and what "agents" actually are, with a small exercise and a knowledge check.
The Arabic version is machine-translated.
Best for
Anyone who wants the core vocabulary in under an hour before they start experimenting.
A course about working with AI rather than about one tool: when to hand a task over, how to describe it precisely, how to judge the output and when the decision stays with you.
Why I recommend it: The most practical prompting course I have seen, because it teaches you to think through the task before you write the request, and it works with whichever tool you use.
Best for
People who already use AI tools, get uneven results and want a repeatable method.
A broad, level-headed look at generative AI: how it works, where it helps in real work and what it changes for organisations, with real-world examples.
Best for
Managers and decision-makers who want the strategic picture before investing in tools or projects.
A 17-module course covering digital marketing strategy, customers, content, search, social, email, video and measurement, with a full official Arabic version.
Why I recommend it: The best free foundation in digital marketing, with an official Arabic version from Google. It is long, but you can start with the modules you need now.
Best for
Marketers and business owners who want a structured foundation to build on.
A compact, well-structured ten-lesson course on building a digital marketing strategy: website and SEO, email, social and ads, ending in a certification.
Best for
People who want the whole picture in less time than the longer Google course.
Four short courses in which you build your first Make scenario: connecting apps, mapping data between them, routing and filters, and how credits are used.
Why I recommend it: The clearest free way into automation I know: you learn how systems pass data to each other, and that logic stays useful even if you later switch tools.
Best for
Anyone who wants to automate a repetitive task without code and learns best by building.
The same AI-collaboration method applied to small-business work: customer service, back office, supply chain and management, with a human kept in the loop.
Best for
Small-business owners and their teams who want disciplined use rather than random experiments.
An Arabic-language course on building an online presence for an existing business: planning, an online store, growing sales, reaching local customers and staying secure.
Best for
Shop owners and small businesses starting to sell or be found online (Arabic speakers).
A Harvard course for non-specialists on the technical ideas behind product decisions: cloud, networking, security, privacy, scalability and web technologies.
Best for
Managers, product managers and founders who work with developers and want to follow the technical conversation.
Harvard's foundational course in computer science and programming: algorithmic thinking, then C, Python, SQL and web basics, through real problem sets and a final project.
Why I recommend it: The best serious starting point if you want to build: completely free and genuinely demanding, and it gives you understanding that quick tutorials do not. On its own it will not make you an engineer.
Best for
People who want a real technical foundation before building digital products, even with no programming background.
Applies the AI-collaboration method to the whole product cycle: what to delegate to the tool, how to describe what you want built, and how to review code and user experience before you stand behind it.
Best for
Developers, product people and makers building prototypes or products with AI help.
Take a task you do repeatedly and turn it into a stable workflow: break it into steps, decide where AI fits and add review points before anything ships.
Why I recommend it: This is where the real gains start: moving from one-off questions to a way of working you repeat. It is the step I see missing in most teams.
Best for
People past the experimenting stage who want to save real time every week.