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    University of Pennsylvania

    Cryptocurrency and Blockchain: An Introduction to Digital Currencies

    Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, Cryptography, Digital Assets, Investments, Portfolio Management, Investment Management, FinTech, Asset Management, Financial Analysis, Financial Market, Emerging Technologies, Public Key Infrastructure, Finance, Encryption, Return On Investment, Distributed Computing, Risk Analysis

    4.6
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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Federal Taxation I: Individuals, Employees, and Sole Proprietors

    Skills you'll gain: Tax Returns, Income Tax, Tax Preparation, Payroll Tax, Tax Planning, Tax, Tax Compliance, Tax Laws, Small Business Accounting

    Build toward a degree

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    705 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    SkillUp

    Office Productivity Software

    Skills you'll gain: Email Security, Productivity Software, Microsoft Outlook, File Management, Collaborative Software, Presentations, Microsoft Teams, Google Docs, Calendar Management, Microsoft PowerPoint, Control Panels, Gmail, Slack (Software), Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Spreadsheet Software, Setting Appointments, Google Workspace, Google Sheets, Software Installation

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    512 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Graphic Design

    Skills you'll gain: Infographics, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Design, Visual Design, Graphics Software, Typography, Design Software, Design Reviews, Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Photoshop, Design Elements And Principles, Peer Review, Color Theory, Creativity

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Michigan

    Intermediate PostgreSQL

    Skills you'll gain: Stored Procedure, PostgreSQL, SQL, Database Management, Database Design, Relational Databases, Query Languages, Data Manipulation, Data Import/Export, Data Integrity, Text Mining, Transaction Processing

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    333 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado System

    Peer-to-Peer Protocols and Local Area Networks

    Skills you'll gain: Local Area Networks, Network Protocols, Computer Networking, TCP/IP, Network Performance Management, OSI Models, Wireless Networks, Telecommunications, Network Analysis, Data Integrity

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    532 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google

    Configuration Management and the Cloud

    Skills you'll gain: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Management, Puppet (Configuration Management Tool), Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Cloud Services, Cloud Computing, Cloud Infrastructure, Virtual Machines, Software As A Service, Change Control, Terraform, System Monitoring, Incident Management, Configuration Management, Release Management, Cloud Storage, Disaster Recovery, Automation, Scalability, Service Level

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of California San Diego

    Drug Development

    Skills you'll gain: Drug Development, Clinical Trials, Clinical Research, Pre-Clinical Development, Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacology, Regulatory Compliance, Commercialization, Patient Safety

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IESE Business School

    Finance for Managers

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Management, Financial Acumen, Financial Data, Management Accounting, Finance, Profit and Loss (P&L) Management, Business Metrics, Business Analysis

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Surveillance Systems: The Building Blocks

    Skills you'll gain: Epidemiology, Public Health, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Health Systems, Community Health, Health Policy, Program Evaluation, Infectious Diseases, Data Collection, Trend Analysis

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    494 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Initiation à la programmation (en Java)

    Skills you'll gain: Programming Principles, Java Programming, Java, Computer Programming, Data Structures, Development Environment, Problem Solving, Algorithms, Eclipse (Software), Debugging

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    434 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    Building AI Agents and Agentic Workflows

    Skills you'll gain: LangChain, Tool Calling, LangGraph, LLM Application, Agentic systems, Generative AI Agents, Responsible AI, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Generative AI, Application Design, Prompt Engineering, Large Language Modeling, Collaborative Software, Application Development, Software Design Patterns, System Design and Implementation, Software Development, Python Programming, Real Time Data, Data Science

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    108 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular big data courses

  • Cryptocurrency and Blockchain: An Introduction to Digital Currencies: University of Pennsylvania
  • Federal Taxation I: Individuals, Employees, and Sole Proprietors: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Office Productivity Software: SkillUp
  • Graphic Design: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Intermediate PostgreSQL: University of Michigan
  • Peer-to-Peer Protocols and Local Area Networks: University of Colorado System
  • Configuration Management and the Cloud: Google
  • Drug Development: University of California San Diego
  • Finance for Managers: IESE Business School
  • Surveillance Systems: The Building Blocks: Johns Hopkins University

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