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    Duke University

    Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Opportunities and Risks

    Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, Cyber Risk, FinTech, Operational Risk, Scalability, Regulatory Compliance, Legal Risk, Exploit development, Financial Regulations, Risk Analysis, Vulnerability Assessments, Secure Coding, Governance, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG)

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Olay

    Cosmetic Product Development

    Skills you'll gain: Product Development, Packaging and Labeling, Prototyping, New Product Development, Product Design, Customer Analysis, Production Process, Sustainable Design, Product Testing, Manufacturing Processes, Product Quality (QA/QC), Consumer Behaviour, Market Research, Innovation, Chemistry, Regulatory Compliance, Market Trend

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Tel Aviv University

    The Holocaust - An Introduction (I): Nazi Germany: Ideology, The Jews and the World

    Skills you'll gain: Student Engagement, Teaching, European History, Research, World History, Public History, Cultural Diversity, Social Studies, Policy Analysis, International Relations

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

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    University of Maryland, College Park

    Combining and Analyzing Complex Data

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Analysis, STATA (Software), R (Software), Data Integration, Data Ethics, Stata, R Programming, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Modeling, Descriptive Statistics, Regression Analysis, Informed Consent, Information Privacy

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    Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
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    67 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    NIIT

    RESTful Microservices Using Node.js and Express

    Skills you'll gain: Node.JS, API Gateway, MySQL, Restful API, MongoDB, Microservices, API Design, NoSQL, Object-Relational Mapping, Database Design, Relational Databases, Unit Testing, SQL, Databases, Server Side, Application Deployment, Javascript, Application Programming Interface (API), Software Documentation, Data Modeling

    3.7
    Rating, 3.7 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of London

    Statistics and Clustering in Python

    Skills you'll gain: Pandas (Python Package), NumPy, Probability & Statistics, Unsupervised Learning, Data Science, Statistics, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Jupyter, Data Manipulation, Machine Learning Algorithms, Descriptive Statistics, Matplotlib, Data Visualization Software, Python Programming

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    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Where, Why, and How of Lambda Functions in Python

    Skills you'll gain: Pandas (Python Package), Data Manipulation, Jupyter, Exploratory Data Analysis, Python Programming, Computational Logic

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    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Google Cloud

    Vertex AI Search for Retail

    Skills you'll gain: Dataflow, Google Cloud Platform, Data Pipelines, Serverless Computing, Real Time Data, Cloud Infrastructure, Identity and Access Management, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Big Data, AI Personalization, Data Visualization Software, Data Integration, Cloud Security, Data Integrity, Performance Tuning, Looker (Software), Data Security, Tensorflow, Cloud Computing, Data Processing

    4.1
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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    École normale supérieure

    Approximation Algorithms Part I

    Skills you'll gain: Theoretical Computer Science, Combinatorics, Algorithms, Graph Theory, Computational Thinking, Operations Research, Mathematical Modeling, Probability

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

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    Infosec

    Python for Active Defense

    Skills you'll gain: Cyber Threat Hunting, Threat Detection, Exploit development, System Monitoring, Cybersecurity, Cyber Operations, Continuous Monitoring, Network Security, Network Monitoring, Python Programming, Scripting, Scripting Languages

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    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    82 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Houston

    Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Web 2.0 Tools

    Skills you'll gain: Collaborative Software, Education Software and Technology, Collaboration, Teaching, Communication, End User Training and Support, Technology Solutions, Web Applications, Communication Systems, Digital Communications

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    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Duke University

    Data Visualization with Python

    Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization Software, Data Visualization, Data Storytelling, Interactive Data Visualization, Plotly, Matplotlib, Dashboard, Seaborn, Tableau Software, Scatter Plots, Histogram, Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, Data Analysis, Pandas (Python Package), Python Programming, Cloud Applications, Data Manipulation, Business Communication

    4.2
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular free courses programming courses

  • Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Opportunities and Risks: Duke University
  • Cosmetic Product Development: Olay
  • The Holocaust - An Introduction (I): Nazi Germany: Ideology, The Jews and the World: Tel Aviv University
  • Combining and Analyzing Complex Data: University of Maryland, College Park
  • RESTful Microservices Using Node.js and Express: NIIT
  • Statistics and Clustering in Python: University of London
  • Where, Why, and How of Lambda Functions in Python : Coursera
  • Vertex AI Search for Retail: Google Cloud
  • Approximation Algorithms Part I: École normale supérieure
  • Python for Active Defense: Infosec

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