You will definitely not spend time effort which is declared, because it is very time consuming to find solution, but it is very valuable.

Although the explanation of all the topics is a little vague, most of the concepts are better understood during the hands-on activities.

The lectures were very structured and informative. The quizes were challenging. The final week was demanding and fleshed out concepts

I learned quite a bit about Big Data problems and the varioius technologies, especially Spark, that you can use for those problems

Teaching about the quality and not quantity. It's a great course , i have learned a lot tech that used now days in our real life.

In general my experience was very good, I consider that you must have some knowledge in programming to get the most out of it.

the course is very cramped, not enough pain clear basis in practice, ie where it can be used in real life for their own needs

The Spark introduction and exercises were good. It would be an added advantage if the final steps/answers also get published.

theoric and practise, very usefull course to have a first concret view of data manipulation with some kinds of big data api.

It is a great hands on course. The problems were in setting up and configuring variety of software for completing projects.

I found this course like the others. I really liked the hands on labs. It gave a real feel for the programs being explained

Out of the first three course, this has been the most challenging and the most interesting. Enjoyed the final assignement

I learn both the basic ideas on the big data integration and processing, and the useful tools, like Spark, MongoDB, etc.

Excellent..but not easy. Be prepared to have to do some research! But hey....isn't that part of being a data scientist!

Excellent course design, it gives you basic of MongoDB, Splunk and Apache Spark.

Happy learning and think BIG DATA

great course for those who have a basic level knowledge of big data and then desire to upgrade to a higher level.

The last exercise was worth all the effort. A huge thumbs up for the entire faculty involved with the course !!

Very Good Course! I'd never used spark before, and doing (and passing) the assignment on it was very rewarding!

I learned a lot of implementation of the techniques and concepts that were covered earlier. A great experience.

Nice course to enhance the skill.. Thanks Resp Professor & Team.. Thanks to university and coursera team..

Its amazing, Fantastic, Fabulous, learnt a new technique or technology for the data integration & processing

Very challenging, specially in the week 6 quizzes where a lot of researching took place in order to pass it.

A kick start for Big Data Integration and processing.Thanks to my faculty for this wonderful course.

I enjoyed this course. I learnt a lot of stuff about Big Data processing in a simple and clear way.

Amazing part of the specialization where first time interacted with spark and mongodb, great tech