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Self Paced Courses

Self-paced courses can help you learn time management, goal setting, and effective study techniques. You can build skills in self-discipline, critical thinking, and adapting learning strategies to fit your personal style. Many courses introduce tools like digital planners, productivity apps, and online resources that enhance your learning experience and help you track your progress.


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    Google Cloud

    Entity and Sentiment Analysis with the Natural Language API

    Skills you'll gain: Natural Language Processing, Text Mining, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud API, Network Analysis, Data Analysis, Analysis

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    6 reviews

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: New
    New
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    AI CERTs

    From Blocks to Build: Blockchain Dev Essentials

    Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, Web Development Tools, Go (Programming Language), Software Development Tools, Application Development, Computer Programming Tools, Business Logic, Development Environment, Software Development, Program Development, Digital Assets, Transaction Processing, FinTech, Virtual Machines, Distributed Computing, Cryptography, Emerging Technologies, Encryption, Business Analysis, Market Dynamics

    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Introduction to Cloud Dataproc: Hadoop and Spark on Google Cloud

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Spark, Managed Services, Google Cloud Platform, Big Data, Apache Hadoop, Data Management

    4
    Rating, 4 out of 5 stars
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    11 reviews

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Preview
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    Codio

    Go for Python Developers

    Skills you'll gain: Go (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Web Services, Web Frameworks, Debugging, Python Programming, Restful API, Dependency Analysis, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering

    3.6
    Rating, 3.6 out of 5 stars
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    10 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Managing Terraform State

    Skills you'll gain: Terraform, Google Cloud Platform, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Storage, Data Import/Export, Cloud Infrastructure, Operating Systems, Network Analysis

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    8 reviews

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Google Cloud

    Optical Character Recognition (OCR) with Document AI (Python)

    Skills you'll gain: Authentications, Cloud API, Google Cloud Platform, Document Management, Real Time Data, Unstructured Data

    Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Google Cloud

    Distributed Image Processing in Cloud Dataproc

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Spark, PySpark, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Management, Cloud Computing, Distributed Computing, Package and Software Management

    Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Google Cloud

    Looker Data Explorer - Qwik Start

    Skills you'll gain: Looker (Software), Interactive Data Visualization, Dashboard, Data Visualization Software, Data Presentation, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Access, Data Analysis, Analysis, Google Cloud Platform, Data Management

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Google Cloud

    Autoscaling an Instance Group with Custom Cloud Monitoring Metrics

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Management, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Computing, Software Visualization, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Applications, Scalability

    5
    Rating, 5 out of 5 stars
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    8 reviews

    Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Codio

    Cloud Computing Primer: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

    Skills you'll gain: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Cloud Deployment, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Services, Cloud Computing, Service Level Agreement, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Platforms, Virtualization, Application Deployment, User Provisioning

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    21 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    BigQuery: Qwik Start - Console

    Skills you'll gain: Big Data, Google Cloud Platform, Data Access, SQL, Query Languages

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free
    Free
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    Google Cloud

    Multimodality with Gemini

    Skills you'll gain: Google Gemini, Multimodal Prompts, Google Cloud Platform, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, LLM Application, Prompt Engineering

    Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular self paced courses

  • Entity and Sentiment Analysis with the Natural Language API: Google Cloud
  • From Blocks to Build: Blockchain Dev Essentials: AI CERTs
  • Introduction to Cloud Dataproc: Hadoop and Spark on Google Cloud: Google Cloud
  • Go for Python Developers: Codio
  • Managing Terraform State: Google Cloud
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR) with Document AI (Python): Google Cloud
  • Distributed Image Processing in Cloud Dataproc: Google Cloud
  • Looker Data Explorer - Qwik Start: Google Cloud
  • Autoscaling an Instance Group with Custom Cloud Monitoring Metrics: Google Cloud
  • Cloud Computing Primer: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): Codio

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