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      McMaster University

      Finance For Everyone: Value

      Skills you'll gain: Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Market, Cash Flows, Financial Modeling, Investments, Business Valuation, Risk Management, Market Dynamics, Risk Analysis, Market Trend, Decision Making

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      249 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Yale University

      East Asian Religions & Ecology

      Skills you'll gain: Environmental Issue, Environment and Resource Management, Natural Resource Management, Liberal Arts, Culture, Cultural Diversity, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Ancient History

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      27 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Edureka

      Introduction to PySpark

      Skills you'll gain: PySpark, Apache Spark, Distributed Computing, Apache Hadoop, Data Processing, Data Manipulation, Data Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Python Programming

      3.7
      Rating, 3.7 out of 5 stars
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      43 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Python for Beginners: Variables and Strings

      Skills you'll gain: Data Import/Export, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Programming Principles, Python Programming

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      53 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      University of Alberta

      Introduction to the Arctic: Climate

      Skills you'll gain: Environment, Environmental Issue, Environmental Monitoring, Physical Science, Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management, Research

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      500 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Illinois Tech

      Business & Technology

      Skills you'll gain: Culture Transformation, Product Lifecycle Management, Innovation, Organizational Change, Design Thinking, Business Transformation, Strategic Leadership, Global Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business Communication, Artificial Intelligence, Change Management, Organizational Leadership, Business Modeling, Generative AI, Machine Learning, Organizational Structure, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Market Opportunities, Strategic Planning

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      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      76 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of Colorado System

      Algorithms, Data Collection, and Starting to Code

      Skills you'll gain: Computational Thinking, Data Collection, Microsoft Visual Studio, Program Development, C (Programming Language), Programming Principles, Algorithms, Development Environment, Computer Programming, Data Structures, Debugging

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      376 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Foundations of Neuroscience

      Skills you'll gain: Marketing Psychology, Influencing, Persuasive Communication, Advertising, Consumer Behaviour, Decision Making, Marketing Effectiveness, Neurology, Marketing, Psychology, Performance Measurement, Anatomy

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      19 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      IBM

      AI Workflow: Business Priorities and Data Ingestion

      Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Strategic Thinking, Data Pipelines, Data Validation, Data Processing, Workflow Management, Data Quality, Business Priorities, NumPy, Machine Learning, IBM Cloud, Python Programming

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      178 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IBM

      Object Oriented Programming in Java

      Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, Java, Java Programming, File Management, Application Development, Computer Programming, Program Development, Data Structures, Data Management

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      25 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Leveraging Virtual Assistants for Personal Productivity

      Skills you'll gain: Productivity, Personal Development, Time Management, Automation, ChatGPT, Self Service Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Prompt Engineering, Business Process Automation, Natural Language Processing, Generative AI

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      144 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      National Taiwan University

      現代文學導讀:詩、散文、小說

      Skills you'll gain: Literacy, Liberal Arts, Writing, Language Interpretation, Translation, and Studies, Storytelling, Aesthetics, Creativity

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular world history courses

    • Finance For Everyone: Value: McMaster University
    • East Asian Religions & Ecology: Yale University
    • Introduction to PySpark: Edureka
    • Python for Beginners: Variables and Strings: Coursera Project Network
    • Introduction to the Arctic: Climate: University of Alberta
    • Business & Technology: Illinois Tech
    • Algorithms, Data Collection, and Starting to Code: University of Colorado System
    • Foundations of Neuroscience: Johns Hopkins University
    • AI Workflow: Business Priorities and Data Ingestion: IBM
    • Object Oriented Programming in Java: IBM

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