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      SkillUp

      Essentials of Remote Team Management

      Skills you'll gain: Telecommuting, Team Leadership, Peer Review, Rapport Building, Management Training And Development, Leadership and Management, Collaborative Software, Organizational Leadership, Team Motivation, Drive Engagement, Relationship Building, Initiative and Leadership, Remote Access Systems, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Communication Planning, Communication

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Vanderbilt University

      AI Agents and Agentic AI in Python: Powered by Generative AI

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Generative AI Agents, Prompt Patterns, LLM Application, Productivity, OpenAI, Agentic systems, Tool Calling, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Modeling, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Creative Thinking, Application Development, Creative Problem-Solving, Prototyping, Persona (User Experience), Business Logic, Application Programming Interface (API)

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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Packt

      Smart Work Strategies for Improved Productivity

      Skills you'll gain: Adaptability, Prioritization, Goal Setting, Continuous Improvement Process, Collaboration, Team Building, Business Workflow Analysis, Data Quality, Change Management, Systems Integration, Business Technologies

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Google

      Introduction to Git and GitHub

      Skills you'll gain: Git (Version Control System), GitHub, Version Control, Continuous Integration, Software Versioning, Collaborative Software, Software Development Tools, Code Review, Issue Tracking, Command-Line Interface

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      7.9K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Duke University

      Telehealth: Essentials, Teamwork, and Cardiopulmonary Exam

      Skills you'll gain: Telehealth, Patient Education And Counseling, Medical Telemetry, Patient Preparation, Teamwork, Patient Communication, Collaboration, Vital Signs, Patient Education and Support, Clinical Assessment, Health Technology, Health Assessment, Patient Treatment, Health Care, Health Systems, Patient Evaluation, Telecommunications, Care Management, Health Care Procedure and Regulation, Communication

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      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Pearson

      A+ Core 2 V15 - Pearson Cert Prep

      Skills you'll gain: Mobile Security, Operating System Administration, Microsoft Windows, Malware Protection, Information Technology Operations, Disaster Recovery, Mac OS, Document Management, Command-Line Interface, Incident Response, Network Security, Linux, Information Systems Security, Security Controls, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Windows PowerShell, Problem Management, Operating Systems, Internet Of Things

      Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Google

      Introduction to AI

      Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, AI Product Strategy, Responsible AI, Machine Learning, Innovation, Critical Thinking

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      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of California, Davis

      Learn SQL Basics for Data Science

      Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, Presentations, SQL, Descriptive Statistics, Data Storytelling, Data Analysis, Peer Review, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Quality, Statistical Analysis, Data Modeling, Performance Metric, Database Design, Complex Problem Solving, Query Languages, Data Visualization, Business Analytics, JSON, Text Mining, Apache Spark

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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      EDUCBA

      Spark and Python for Big Data with PySpark

      Skills you'll gain: PySpark, Apache Spark, MySQL, Data Pipelines, Scala Programming, Extract, Transform, Load, Customer Analysis, Apache Hadoop, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Predictive Modeling, Applied Machine Learning, Data Processing, Advanced Analytics, Big Data, Apache Maven, Statistical Machine Learning, Unsupervised Learning, SQL, Apache, Python Programming

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      Princeton University

      Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies

      Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, Cryptography, Encryption, FinTech, Digital Assets, Network Protocols, Transaction Processing, Data Storage, Distributed Computing, Emerging Technologies, Scripting, Market Dynamics

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      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Alberta

      Reinforcement Learning

      Skills you'll gain: Reinforcement Learning, Machine Learning, Sampling (Statistics), Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Algorithms, Deep Learning, Simulations, Feature Engineering, Markov Model, Supervised Learning, Algorithms, Artificial Neural Networks, Performance Testing, Linear Algebra, Performance Tuning, Predictive Modeling, Pseudocode, Probability Distribution

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      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Meta

      Meta Database Engineer

      Skills you'll gain: MySQL, Database Design, Version Control, Database Management Systems, Database Management, MySQL Workbench, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Modeling, Data Structures, SQL, Unix Commands, Relational Databases, Databases, Git (Version Control System), Database Systems, GitHub, Stored Procedure, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Database Administration, Database Development

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular distributed systems courses

    • Essentials of Remote Team Management: SkillUp
    • AI Agents and Agentic AI in Python: Powered by Generative AI: Vanderbilt University
    • Smart Work Strategies for Improved Productivity: Packt
    • Introduction to Git and GitHub: Google
    • Telehealth: Essentials, Teamwork, and Cardiopulmonary Exam: Duke University
    • A+ Core 2 V15 - Pearson Cert Prep: Pearson
    • Introduction to AI: Google
    • Learn SQL Basics for Data Science: University of California, Davis
    • Spark and Python for Big Data with PySpark: EDUCBA
    • Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: Princeton University

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