IBM SkillsBuild Free
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IBM states SkillsBuild is "100% free and online" and awards "industry-recognized credentials" across AI, technology and career skills. The common misunderstanding: people expect it to be a degree-equivalent. It is a badge library — useful as evidence of specific skills and as free structured study, not as a substitute for a qualification. (Specific badge names were not enumerated on the page checked; browse the catalog before citing any one badge.)
✓ IBM-issued digital credentials; vendor-backed rather than accredited, but IBM badging is well understood by employers