@BrianJ honestly, edX and Datacamp were probably the two biggest influences on my early ML & analytics education. My undergrad degrees weren’t in any computer science or even technical field and I originally started my career in sales for a protein manufacturer so I had zero experience with anything beyond excel. Datacamp gave me the base understanding and confidence in my coding ability to take those courses and edX brought it to a whole other level.
For more advanced users with an intermediate-advanced level of understanding in R or Python or are looking for a Professional Certificate, MicroMasters(R) Program, or just a learning path I’d recommend I’d highly recommend:
- Berkley’s Professional Certificate in Foundations of Data Science
- Columbia’s Professional Certificate in Data Science for Executives
- Harvard’s Professional Certificate in Data Science
- MIT’s MicroMasters® Program in Statistics and Data Science
- The University of Edinburgh’s MicroMasters® Program in Predictive Analytics using Python
And for anybody who doesn’t need a certificate, can’t afford to pay for the courses, or simply just wants to try one of the courses without paying, edX does allow you to audit a course for free. And every course does allow you to later upgrade to the verified certificate track later up to a specified deadline so you can take part of a course and make sure it’s what you want before deciding.