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    Packt

    Complete Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Course | Learn Solidity

    Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, Game Design, Investments, Test Automation, Digital Assets, Investment Management, Development Testing, Cryptography, Program Development, Emerging Technologies, FinTech, Software Development, Web Development Tools, Asset Management, Asset Protection, Transaction Processing, Secure Coding, Application Deployment

    Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
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    LearnQuest

    Advanced IoT Systems Integration and Industrial Applications

    Skills you'll gain: Internet Of Things, Information Systems Security, Automation, Embedded Software, Real Time Data, Systems Integration, Emerging Technologies, Data Integration, Interoperability, Cloud Services, Scalability

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    10 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Universidades Anáhuac

    Análisis de datos empresariales con R

    Skills you'll gain: R Programming, Statistical Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Business Analytics, Statistical Methods, Analytics, Analysis, Data Analysis, Unsupervised Learning, Business Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Advanced Analytics, Data Visualization, Statistical Software

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Universidad de los Andes

    Creación XR y Metaversos para todos

    Skills you'll gain: Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Prototyping, Virtual Reality, Usability Testing, Augmented Reality, Unity Engine, Virtual Environment, UI/UX Research, Cross Platform Development, 3D Assets, User Interface (UI), Game Design, Animations, Interaction Design, User Experience, C# (Programming Language), Development Environment, Display Devices, Development Testing, Experience Design

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    19 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: New
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    Packt

    OOP concepts, Collections and Data Structures

    Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Java, Object Oriented Design, Data Structures, Computer Programming, Debugging

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    O.P. Jindal Global University

    Unsupervised Learning and Its Applications in Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Anomaly Detection, Dimensionality Reduction, Unsupervised Learning, Customer Analysis, Marketing Analytics, Data Mining, Customer Insights, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Marketing, Unstructured Data, Statistical Machine Learning, Target Audience, Python Programming, Market Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Algorithms, Artificial Neural Networks

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Dartmouth College

    Simulation for Digital Transformation

    Skills you'll gain: Simulation and Simulation Software, Digital Transformation, Systems Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Operations Research, Predictive Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Verification And Validation, Process Optimization, Data Integration, Risk Management, Python Programming, Event-Driven Programming, Probability & Statistics, Performance Analysis

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Johns Hopkins University

    데이터 과학자의 도구 상자

    Skills you'll gain: Rmarkdown, Data Science, R (Software), GitHub, Version Control, Data Analysis, Big Data, R Programming, Git (Version Control System), Statistical Programming, Data Quality, Data Management, Technical Communication

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    9 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Board Infinity

    Building Applications with Spring Boot and MVC Architecture

    Skills you'll gain: Software Documentation, Java, Back-End Web Development, Application Programming Interface (API), Application Deployment, Databases

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free
    Free
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    Coursera Project Network

    Tidymodels in R: Building tidy machine learning models

    Skills you'll gain: Tidyverse (R Package), Data Visualization, Clinical Data Management, Data Manipulation, Predictive Modeling, R Programming, Data Processing, Data Cleansing, Predictive Analytics, Data Pipelines, Feature Engineering, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Statistical Modeling, Performance Tuning, Hospital Medicine

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
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    Packt

    Selenium Automation and Testing Frameworks

    Skills you'll gain: Selenium (Software), Test Automation, Software Testing, Test Data, Browser Compatibility, Test Case, Java, Automation, Web Development Tools, Debugging

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    10 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    LearnQuest

    Oracle SQL Practice Course

    Skills you'll gain: Data Modeling, Oracle SQL Developer, Relational Databases, Database Design, Databases, SQL, Oracle Databases, Database Management, Software Installation

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    30 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Complete Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Course | Learn Solidity: Packt
  • Advanced IoT Systems Integration and Industrial Applications: LearnQuest
  • Análisis de datos empresariales con R: Universidades Anáhuac
  • Creación XR y Metaversos para todos: Universidad de los Andes
  • OOP concepts, Collections and Data Structures: Packt
  • Unsupervised Learning and Its Applications in Marketing: O.P. Jindal Global University
  • Simulation for Digital Transformation: Dartmouth College
  • 데이터 과학자의 도구 상자: Johns Hopkins University
  • Building Applications with Spring Boot and MVC Architecture: Board Infinity
  • Tidymodels in R: Building tidy machine learning models: Coursera Project Network

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