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      L&T EduTech

      Basics of Electrical Protection System

      Skills you'll gain: Electrical Systems, Electrical Power, Electric Power Systems, Electrical Equipment, Electrical Safety, High Voltage, Basic Electrical Systems, Low Voltage, Electrical Engineering, Three-Phase, Failure Analysis, Engineering Calculations

      4.5
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      59 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Meta

      Advanced Programming in Kotlin

      Skills you'll gain: Kotlin, Android Development, Android Studio, Unit Testing, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Mobile Development, Test Driven Development (TDD), Integration Testing, Functional Design, Software Design Patterns, UI Components

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      119 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

      Effective Programming in Scala

      Skills you'll gain: Scala Programming, Data Validation, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Build Tools, Debugging, Maintainability, Software Design Patterns, Development Environment, Software Testing, Unit Testing, Data Structures, Data Modeling

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      176 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Google Cloud

      Material Components for Flutter Basics

      Skills you'll gain: Flutter (Software), UI Components, Mobile Development, Google Cloud Platform, User Interface (UI), Cross Platform Development, Web Development, Network Security

      4.1
      Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
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      15 reviews

      Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Edureka

      Project Management Basics: Foundations & Frameworks

      Skills you'll gain: Cost Management, Earned Value Management, Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management, Budget Management, Project Management Life Cycle, Project Scoping, Scope Management, Organizational Structure, Change Control, Governance, Project Risk Management, Project Planning, Project Documentation, Agile Methodology, Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Scheduling

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Google Cloud

      Dialogflow CX: Bot Building Basics

      Skills you'll gain: Virtual Environment, Agentic systems, Interactive Design, User Experience, Cloud API

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      29 reviews

      Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Discovering the Basics of Wetlands

      Skills you'll gain: Water Resources, Environmental Science, Biology, Natural Resource Management, Environment, Environmental Engineering, Land Management, Microbiology, Geographic Information Systems, Chemistry

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      7 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      GenAI for Contract Drafting Basics

      Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Contract Review, Contract Management, Contract Compliance, Client Services, Legal Risk, Artificial Intelligence, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Automation, Natural Language Processing, Analysis

      3.5
      Rating, 3.5 out of 5 stars
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      6 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IE Business School

      Basics of Accounting for Assets

      Skills you'll gain: Revenue Recognition, Inventory Accounting, Accrual Accounting, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Accounting, Accounts Receivable, Financial Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Statements, Finance, Estimation

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Shell Scripting with Bash: Basics

      Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Scripting, Command-Line Interface, Unix Shell, Unix Commands, Linux Commands, File Management

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      55 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      SAS

      Advanced SAS Programming Techniques

      Skills you'll gain: SAS (Software), Perl (Programming Language), Data Processing, Statistical Programming, Data Manipulation, Data Structures, Data Transformation, Data Analysis

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      95 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Codio

      Container Creation and Orchestration Basics

      Skills you'll gain: Kubernetes, Docker (Software), Containerization, Application Deployment, Unix, Linux, Unix Commands, Virtual Machines

      1.5
      Rating, 1.5 out of 5 stars
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      14 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    • Basics of Electrical Protection System: L&T EduTech
    • Advanced Programming in Kotlin: Meta
    • Effective Programming in Scala: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
    • Material Components for Flutter Basics: Google Cloud
    • Project Management Basics: Foundations & Frameworks: Edureka
    • Dialogflow CX: Bot Building Basics: Google Cloud
    • Discovering the Basics of Wetlands: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • GenAI for Contract Drafting Basics: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Basics of Accounting for Assets: IE Business School
    • Shell Scripting with Bash: Basics: Coursera Project Network

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