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      Peking University

      Chinese Characters for beginner 汉字

      Skills you'll gain: Language Learning, Vocabulary, Oral Comprehension, Literacy, Language Interpretation, Translation, and Studies

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

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      EDUCBA

      Mastering Agile: Apply & Adapt Principles for Value Delivery

      Skills you'll gain: Agile Methodology, Agile Software Development, Agile Project Management, Kanban Principles, Agile Product Development, Scrum (Software Development), Lean Methodologies, Sprint Retrospectives, Backlogs, Sprint Planning, Continuous Improvement Process, Stakeholder Engagement, Prioritization

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Minnesota

      Introduction to Software Testing

      Skills you'll gain: Software Testing, JUnit, Verification And Validation, Unit Testing, Test Case, Test Automation, Development Testing, Test Planning, Code Coverage, Software Quality Assurance, Functional Testing, Testability, Integration Testing, Test Data, Issue Tracking

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      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Commonwealth Education Trust

      Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Introduction

      Skills you'll gain: Creative Thinking, Classroom Management, Teaching, Adaptability, Education and Training, Working With Children, Instructional Strategies, Adult Education, Student Engagement, Professional Development, Collaboration, Curriculum Development, Planning

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

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      LearnKartS

      CCBA Practice Exam

      Skills you'll gain: Business Process, Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Analysis, Scope Management, Requirements Analysis, Risk Management, Change Management

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      The Digital Marketing Revolution

      Skills you'll gain: Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Channel, Global Marketing, Digital Transformation, MarTech, Case Studies, Digital Marketing, Analysis, Business Strategy, Business Transformation, Innovation

      Build toward a degree

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

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      University of Toronto

      Gender Analytics: Gender Equity through Inclusive Design

      Skills you'll gain: Human Centered Design, User Experience Design, Organizational Change, User Research, Design Thinking, Change Management, Design Research, Product Design, Data Ethics, Data Collection, Quantitative Research, Prototyping, Influencing, Qualitative Research, Leadership, Data Analysis, Analytics, Diversity Awareness, Diversity and Inclusion, Innovation

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      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Auditing I: Conceptual Foundations of Auditing

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Auditing, Auditing, Auditors Report, Generally Accepted Auditing Standards, Audit Planning, External Auditing, Certified Public Accountant, Financial Reporting, Quality Assessment, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Financial Statements, Risk Analysis

      Build toward a degree

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      661 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Board Infinity

      Lifecycle, Monitoring & Troubleshooting in vSphere 8.x

      Skills you'll gain: Performance Tuning, Disaster Recovery, VMware ESX Servers, System Monitoring, Virtual Machines, Virtualization, Capacity Management, Patch Management, Debugging, Event Monitoring, Data Migration, System Configuration

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Skillshare

      Blender for Filmmakers: Animated Sci-Fi Hologram Effect

      Skills you'll gain: Computer Graphics, Adobe After Effects, 3D Modeling, 3D Assets, Post-Production, Video Editing, Animations, Motion Graphics, Graphics Software, Color Matching

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Edureka

      Advanced Tokenization and Sentiment Analysis

      Skills you'll gain: Natural Language Processing, Data Ethics, Responsible AI, Text Mining, Large Language Modeling, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Unstructured Data, Data Cleansing, Data Processing, Applied Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Unified Modeling Language, Machine Learning Algorithms

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Pearson

      Programming Generative AI: Unit 2

      Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Large Language Modeling, Generative Model Architectures, Image Analysis, Computer Vision, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Natural Language Processing, Text Mining, Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Unsupervised Learning

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular independent thinking courses

    • Chinese Characters for beginner 汉字: Peking University
    • Mastering Agile: Apply & Adapt Principles for Value Delivery: EDUCBA
    • Introduction to Software Testing: University of Minnesota
    • Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Introduction: Commonwealth Education Trust
    • CCBA Practice Exam: LearnKartS
    • The Digital Marketing Revolution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Gender Analytics: Gender Equity through Inclusive Design: University of Toronto
    • Auditing I: Conceptual Foundations of Auditing: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Lifecycle, Monitoring & Troubleshooting in vSphere 8.x: Board Infinity
    • Blender for Filmmakers: Animated Sci-Fi Hologram Effect: Skillshare

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