MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - As many U.S. universities retool their on-campus classes to an online format, Google is going a step further by offering online certificates that it says are the equivalent of a standard 4-year college degree.The Mountain View-based tech giant announced on Monday that it would be adding three new offerings to its Career Certificates program in the fields of Data Analytics, Project Management, and User Experience (UX) Design.
Taught by Google employees themselves, the certificate programs take around half a year to complete, are entirely online through the Coursera platform and require no previous experience.With the average tuition for the 2017-2018 school year estimated to be $17,797 at public schools and $46,014 at.