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Journalism of Courage
They say there is no end to learning. A lot of Indians, both students and professionals, are fast taking up online courses from prestigious foreign universities to give an extra edge to their career. A US-based advanced online learning platform, Coursera has come up with a survey on the most popular online courses and certificates in India in 2015.
Coursera was formerly launched in India in 2015 and has registered 1.3 million users, in comparison to 7 lakh users in 2014.
| 1. Mastering Data Analysis in Excel | Duke University |
| 2. Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) | University of Michigan |
| 3. Machine Learning | Stanford University |
| 4. R Programming | Johns Hopkins University |
| 5. Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects | University of California, San Diego |
| 6. Programming Mobile Applications for Android Handheld Systems: Part 1 | University of Maryland, College Park |
| 7. The Data Scientist’s Toolbox | Johns Hopkins University |
| 8. An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1) | Rice University |
| 9. Introduction to Programming with MATLAB | Vanderbilt University |
| 10. Using Python to Access Web Data | University of Michigan |
| 11. Introduction to Public Speaking | University of Washington |
| 12. Algorithms, Part I | Princeton University |
| 13. Grammar and Punctuation | University of California, Irvine |
| 14. Introduction to Big Data | University of California, San Diego |
| 15. Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1 | Stanford University |
| 16. Introduction to Marketing | University of Pennsylvania |
| 17. Introduction to Corporate Finance | University of Pennsylvania |
| 18. Introduction to Financial Accounting | University of Pennsylvania |
| 19. Principles of Valuation: Time Value of Money | University of Michigan |
| 20. Object Oriented Programming in Java | University of California, San Diego |
India: Most coveted online course certificates in 2015
| 1. Data Science | Johns Hopkins University |
| 2. Introduction to Project Management Principles and Practices | University of California, Irvine |
| 3. Social Media Marketing | Northwestern University |
| 4. Business Analytics | University of Pennsylvania |
| 5. Big Data | University of California, San Diego |
| 6. Strategic Management and Innovation | Copenhagen Business School |
| 7. An Introduction to Programming the Internet of Things (IOT) | University of California, Irvine |
| 8. Machine Learning | University of Washington |
| 9. Executive Data Science | Johns Hopkins University |
| 10. Software Product Management | University of Alberta |
