Current free AI courses
Choose from 18 courses below. Use each Foundations course’s registration link, or follow the Industry AI Course enrollment steps before requesting Coursera access.
MAIN AI Foundations
Register using the links below and learn through MGCCC’s Canvas platform. Each course earns a micro-credential; Intel AI for Educators also offers K-12 educator CEUs. Foundations courses are currently available through MGCCC, with rollout planned through additional MAIN partner institutions.
Intel AI for Educators (K-12)
Micro-credential + up to 2.4 CEUs for K-12 educators through MGCCC
Industry AI Courses
Delivered through Coursera and offered through MGCCC only. Industry AI Courses are separate from the planned Foundations rollout to other MAIN partner institutions.
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Micro-credential · K-12 educator CEUs: 0.5
Google AI Professional Certificate
Professional certificate · K-12 educator CEUs: 1.0
Google Prompting Essentials
Micro-credential · K-12 educator CEUs: 0.5
ChatGPT Foundations for Teachers
K-12 educator CEUs: 0.5
Coursera does not award a certificate, credential, or report for this course.
Claude: Real-World AI for Everyone
Micro-credential · K-12 educator CEUs: 1.0
AI-Powered K-12 Teaching and Learning
Micro-credential · K-12 educator CEUs: 1.0
Generative AI Cybersecurity & Privacy for Leaders: A Primer
Micro-credential · K-12 educator CEUs: 0.5
Generative AI for Everyone
Micro-credential · K-12 educator CEUs: 0.5
AI Agent Skills for Leaders
Micro-credential · K-12 educator CEUs: 0.5
Generative AI: Governance, Policy, and Emerging Regulation
Micro-credential · K-12 educator CEUs: 0.5
AI-Powered Higher Education
Micro-credential · K-12 educator CEUs: 1.0
Machine Learning with Python
Micro-credential · No CEUs
More courses coming soon
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Choose a course for your goals
Current options cover practical generative AI, industry applications, education, productivity, and professional skills.
Workforce and community learners
Build practical skills through NVIDIA Generative AI, AI for Manufacturing, AI for Healthcare, AI for Business, or AI for Cybersecurity.
K-12 educators
Intel AI for Educators (K-12) earns a micro-credential, with up to 2.4 CEUs available for K-12 educators.
Professional skill builders
Explore Industry AI Courses for practical AI, education, and workplace skills. Credential and K-12 educator CEU details are shown with each course.
Mississippi Providers
Find MAIN courses by institution
MAIN’s current FY27 course lineup is administered through Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Six additional Mississippi community colleges maintain public enrollment pages for MAIN-developed or MAIN-branded courses from the earlier catalog. All seven links below were verified as live on August 22, 2026. Course availability, fees, CEUs, certificates, and enrollment steps vary by college, so confirm the details on the institution’s page before registering.
Current FY27 provider
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Offers the current free FY27 lineup of MAIN AI Foundations and Industry AI Courses. Enrollment is open through June 30, 2027.
Earlier MAIN catalog
Pearl River Community College
Its MAIN catalog lists Intro to AI, Introduction to Generative AI, AI for Manufacturing, and Introduction to AI-K12. PRCC notes that a completion certificate does not equal CEUs.
Earlier MAIN catalog
Meridian Community College
Lists MCC-MAIN: Introduction to AI as self-paced with no starting date. Meridian Workforce lists a $25 cost and up to 6.4 CEUs.
Earlier MAIN catalog
Mississippi Delta Community College
Its live workforce catalog lists earlier MAIN AI for Workforce courses, including introductory, industry, ethics, machine learning, and natural language processing options.
Earlier MAIN catalog
Jones College
Lists the MAIN-developed AI-1001 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence course as free, 64 hours, and worth 6.4 CEUs through the Mississippi Online Workforce College.
Earlier MAIN catalog
Southwest Mississippi Community College
Its MAIN Catalog lists earlier courses. Individual listings are self-paced and worth 6.4 CEUs; SMCC states that courses are free to take with a $20 certificate fee.
Earlier MAIN catalog
Coahoma Community College
Its live eLearning catalog includes earlier self-paced MAIN offerings in introductory AI, generative AI, manufacturing, K-12 education, ethics, cybersecurity, machine learning, and NLP.
For Mississippi educators
Intel® AI for Workforce curriculum resources
Intel® AI for Workforce provides modular AI course content for community colleges and other workforce-focused institutions. Colleges can add modules to existing courses or use the curriculum to develop AI courses, certificates, and associate degree programs.
MAIN adapted the Intel curriculum for earlier Canvas-based courses in Mississippi. The curriculum areas below are separate from MAIN’s current FY27 self-paced courses.
Curriculum areas
Topics from MAIN’s earlier Intel-based courses
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Introduction to Generative AI (GenAI)
- Applied Ethics for AI
- AI for Sustainability
- Introduction to Machine Learning (ML)
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- AI for Computer Vision
- Data-Centric AI
- Applied Mathematics for AI
Curriculum questions
Ask MAIN about the curriculum
Email MAIN to ask which materials are available or discuss how the curriculum could fit your course or program.
Certificates, badges, and CEUs
- These courses do not currently carry college credit.
- Micro-credentials: course or program completion certificates or badges. Course-specific credentials and exceptions are shown on the cards above.
- Intel AI for Educators: 0.2 CEUs per verified module, up to 2.4 CEUs.
- Industry AI Courses: the listed CEUs are available to K-12 educators through MGCCC after successful completion of the full course, not individual modules.
Ready for more than a course?
Explore AI degrees, certificates, and career pathways in Mississippi.
Questions about MAIN courses?
Email MAIN@mgccc.edu with questions about open courses, enrollment, credentials, or access.