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AAPC
Coding and Medical Necessity
This course provides a foundational understanding of medical coding systems and the essential role of medical necessity in healthcare documentation and reimbursement. Students will explore the basics of ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS Level II coding and learn to navigate code sets accurately. The course also addresses how medical necessity affects claim approvals, compliance, and revenue cycle performance. Through real-world examples and hands-on practice, students will develop the skills needed to assign accurate codes and apply payer-specific medical necessity policies to support successful claim submission.
Dartmouth College
Population, Food, and Soil
This course explores the population-environment relationship. In this course, you will learn about the human population and the ways in which changes in the population affect the environment. Agriculture, soils, and the environmental implications of eating meat, vegetables, local, organic, sustainable, industrial, and other types of food are discussed too. We explore questions such as: 1. How many people live on Earth right now? 2. What is the carrying capacity of Earth? 3. What is the relationship between the number of people, where they live, the resources they consume, and their environmental impact? 4. What types of agriculture are used right now? 5. What is the difference between organic and conventional agriculture? 6. Why would you want to dig a soil pit? A conversation with Phil Connors, an Australian Environmental Scientist, will explore the topic of human population and sustainability. You will also listen to the conversations with Danielle Allen, an organic farmer, and Justin Richardson, a soil scientist.
Coursera
Optimize Spark Performance & Throughput
In large-scale data engineering environments, performance issues such as slow transformations, excessive shuffle operations, and unbalanced workloads can impact analytics, reporting, and SLA commitments. This course teaches you how to analyze, diagnose, and optimize Apache Spark applications so they run faster, more efficiently, and more reliably. In this course, you’ll start by learning the fundamentals of Spark job execution, including how stages, tasks, shuffle operations, and execution plans reveal where bottlenecks occur. You’ll explore Spark’s built-in monitoring tools to interpret job behavior. From there, you’ll apply practical optimization techniques, including improving data partitioning, mitigating data skew, optimizing joins, configuring caching strategies, and choosing efficient file formats. You’ll also learn how to tune executors, memory, cores, and dynamic allocation to balance cost and performance across workloads. Learners should be familiar with basic knowledge of Python and Spark DataFrames; familiarity with JSON and SQL. This course is designed for data engineers and developers who need to diagnose and optimize Spark jobs running on large-scale distributed data pipelines. By the end, you’ll have the skills to confidently apply advanced tuning strategies, improve throughput, reduce shuffle overhead, and optimize resource usage.
Johns Hopkins University
Calculus through Data & Modelling: Techniques of Integration
In this course, we build on previously defined notions of the integral of a single-variable function over an interval. Now, we will extend our understanding of integrals to work with functions of more than one variable. First, we will learn how to integrate a real-valued multivariable function over different regions in the plane. Then, we will introduce vector functions, which assigns a point to a vector. This will prepare us for our final course in the specialization on vector calculus. Finally, we will introduce techniques to approximate definite integrals when working with discrete data and through a peer reviewed project on, apply these techniques real world problems.
Johns Hopkins University
Foundations of Data Visualization
In the course "Foundations of Data Visualization", you will build a solid foundation in data visualization, learning how to effectively transform raw data into meaningful insights. The course covers fundamental concepts, including basic data types, human visual perception, and essential design principles that influence how we interpret and understand visual information. You will also explore various visualization techniques suitable for different data types, from bar charts to scatter plots, and learn how to select the best approach for specific data sets. The course emphasizes how human visual perception impacts how we process and interpret data, helping you create visuals that resonate with your audience. What makes this course unique is its combination of practical, hands-on exercises and theoretical knowledge, enabling you to apply what you’ve learned in real time. You’ll gain experience in designing intuitive, impactful visualizations that not only display data but also tell a compelling story.
Kennesaw State University
What Are the 4 A’s of Marketing - Jagdish Sheth
The most common framework in marketing is the 4Ps of Marketing (Price, Product, Place, and Promotion). However, this is a company perspective about marketing and the 4A’s of marketing is a customer perspective on marketing. Customers are looking for value and the 4A’s is a value creation framework. Each A has two dimensions. For instance, acceptability is functional and psychological. Affordability encapsulates the ability and willingness to pay, and accessibility focuses on availability and convenience. Lastly, awareness looks at product and brand knowledge.
Cisco Learning and Certifications
Cisco Collaboration Edge Services
Stay ahead in today’s remote and hybrid work landscape by exploring secure, flexible collaboration network architectures. This course takes you deep into Cisco’s Collaboration Edge solutions, focusing on Expressway-C and Expressway-E, to equip you with the skills to deploy and manage secure, scalable access for remote and mobile users—no traditional VPN required. You’ll explore key topics such as NAT and firewall traversal, dual-NIC deployments, protocol interworking, and the robust clustering capabilities of the Expressway Series. Delve into the configuration and security of Cisco Expressway Zones—Local, Neighbor, Traversal, Unified Communications, and DNS—and learn to implement search rules for efficient call routing and certificate-based security for encrypted media streams. The course also addresses critical areas like toll-fraud prevention, end-to-end encryption, and advanced firewall traversal. What sets this course apart is its hands-on approach to Cisco Unified Border Element, where you’ll learn best practices for integrating secure VoIP networks, managing IP trunks, signaling, and media, and connecting seamlessly with solutions like Webex and Microsoft Teams. Gain the expertise to build and maintain secure, modern collaboration environments for today’s dynamic workplaces.
Packt
Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms
Master the intricacies of data structures and algorithms with this comprehensive course, designed to deepen your understanding of recursion, searching, sorting, and traversal techniques. Gain hands-on experience as you explore foundational concepts, analyze algorithmic complexities, and implement efficient solutions to real-world problems. The journey begins with recursion, where you’ll delve into function control, call stacks, and tree recursion, supplemented by practical examples like factorial computation. Next, you’ll tackle searching algorithms, from linear to binary search, diving into their complexities and recursive implementations for enhanced problem-solving skills. Advance further by mastering both elementary and advanced sorting techniques, including bubble, selection, insertion, quick, and merge sort. Each module walks you through implementation, visualization, and performance analysis. Conclude with tree and graph traversal algorithms, covering depth-first, breadth-first searches, and their applications in hierarchical and networked data structures. This course is perfect for computer science enthusiasts, aspiring software developers, and anyone keen on algorithm optimization. A basic understanding of programming is recommended to maximize your learning.
National Taiwan University
BIM Fundamentals for Engineers
The course is designed for students to learn the essential concepts of BIM, and the basic technical skills to create and manipulate a BIM model. Those skills include how to retrieve information from a BIM model and how to use common modeling tools.
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Basic Engineering Mathematics
Master the fundamental mathematical principles critical for engineering success with our Comprehensive Engineering Mathematics course. This structured program builds your proficiency in complex numbers, matrices, trigonometry, and calculus—the essential mathematical toolkit for any engineer. Through practical examples and real-world applications, you'll develop the analytical skills necessary to solve engineering problems across various disciplines. The course progresses logically from algebraic concepts to advanced calculus techniques, ensuring a solid foundation for further engineering studies. By completion, you'll confidently apply these mathematical tools to model, analyze, and solve engineering challenges in your professional work or academic pursuits. Skills Covered - Complex Number Operations and Applications - Matrix Algebra and System Solutions - Trigonometric Function Analysis - Differential Calculus Techniques - Integral Calculus Applications - Differential Equation Modeling - Mathematical Problem-Solving for Engineering
University of California, Irvine
Salesforce Capstone: Organization Integration
In Salesforce Capstone: Organization Integration, the final course of the Salesforce Fundamentals Specialization, learners will complete the Business Administration Specialist Superbadge as their main project. This project asks learners to combine all the skills and knowledge areas that they have collected from the previous three courses. Skill areas to be demonstrated include cleaning and importing account data, adding users and managing access, building email templates for new marketing needs, configuring UI tools for a new product type, generating reports and dashboards, managing and applying Chatter tools, and participating in the deployment of Salesforce within an organization. In addition to the project, the course includes a peer discussion opportunity, a demonstration video, and a peer review assignment. Completion of the Salesforce Fundamentals specialization and the Business Administration Specialist Superbadge prepares learners to take the Salesforce Administrator exam.
Packt
AJAX Authentication and Cross-Origin Requests
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Unlock the power of HTTP Basic Authentication to enhance the security of your AJAX applications. This course starts with an introduction to the fundamental principles of authentication, explaining why it’s crucial for web security. You will explore how AJAX leverages HTTP Basic Authentication by passing user credentials, using practical examples that demonstrate these concepts in action. Delve deeper into the technicalities of Basic HTTP Authentication, learning about the role of the XHR object and the significance of Base64 encoding. The course guides you through setting up and configuring an Apache server, a key skill for any developer working with web technologies. You'll gain hands-on experience in creating and securing web forms, configuring .htaccess files, and implementing custom error messages to handle unauthorized access. Finally, transition to modern practices with the Fetch API, ensuring you're up-to-date with the latest web development standards. By the end of this course, you will have a comprehensive understanding of how to secure your AJAX requests using HTTP Basic Authentication, setting a strong foundation for your future web development projects. This course is designed for web developers and IT professionals looking to enhance the security of their web applications. A basic understanding of AJAX, HTTP, and JavaScript is recommended. Familiarity with server-side concepts and command-line tools will be beneficial but not required.
Politecnico di Milano
Platform Thinking for the Metaverse
Welcome to "Platform Thinking for the Metaverse," a MOOC designed to introduce you to the concept of platform thinking and its application in the creation and development of virtual worlds, and more broadly on how to deal with new disruptive (digital) technologies.. In this course, we will explore the concept of disruptive technologies and technological cycles and how they have shaped the development of the Metaverse. We will also delve into the concept of mediamorphosis and the role it plays in matching virtual and real worlds. We will examine the technologies behind the Metaverse and the implications for platform models. We will also look back at the history of the Metaverse and consider its future development. Finally, we will discuss the importance of adopting a platform thinking mindset as we approach the Metaverse and consider the role of platform providers and complementors. Whether you're a business professional, entrepreneur, or simply interested in the future of virtual worlds, this course will provide valuable insights and knowledge on the role of platform thinking in the Metaverse.
H2O.ai
DataPrep for H2O Driverless AI
This course, a component of H2O's University’s certification program, aims to equip participants with the requisite skills to effectively utilize our H2O's Driverless AI tool. Jonathan Farinela, Solutions Engineer at H2O, will emphasize the crucial role of data quality in achieving successful outcomes, while also elucidating the principles and procedures of data preparation. The course is divided into two main sections: In the initial section, participants will delve into the importance of the tabular format in classical machine learning. They will also grasp the distinction between supervised and unsupervised learning, along with common methodologies like classification and regression. The significance of defining the unit of analysis in dataset construction will be highlighted. Moreover, participants will witness demonstrations of data preparation within Driverless AI, showcasing its ability to automate preprocessing tasks and allow customization using Python code.Transitioning to the second section, the course will concentrate on time series data preparation. Fundamental aspects of time series problems will be explored, including the necessity of a date column and understanding the autoregressive nature of such data. The course will also address challenges associated with handling multiple series within a dataset and provide best practices for improving model performance. Jonathan will exemplify dataset preparation and splitting techniques tailored for time series analysis using the capabilities of Driverless AI. Enjoy the learning journey!
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Proyecto Final: Diseño y Gestión de Proyectos de Desarrollo
Los proyectos de desarrollo son cruciales para mejorar vidas y acelerar el desarrollo económico y social en América Latina y el Caribe. A lo largo de los tres cursos que componen la Especialización en Diseño y Gestión de Proyectos de Desarrollo has fortalecido tus habilidades para diseñarlos y gestionarlos de manera adecuada con el fin de lograr los resultados esperados. Este proyecto final es el último paso de la Especialización compuesta por los cursos: Diseño de proyectos de desarrollo; Herramientas de gestión de proyectos de desarrollo y Gestión con enfoque en riesgos en proyectos de desarrollo. En este trabajo final tendrás la oportunidad de aplicar los conocimientos aprendidos a lo largo de todo el trayecto de manera integradora. Se organiza en dos partes. En la primera parte, analizarás un caso de estudio aplicando los conocimientos trabajados en los tres cursos. Y en la segunda parte, plantearás distintos elementos de un proyecto de desarrollo para resolver un problema de tu comunidad.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Orden y manejo del tiempo
En este curso realizarás varios ejercicios para diagnosticar y desarrollar destrezas para el manejo efectivo de tu tiempo al clasificar prioridades y necesidades de la empresa. Por otra parte, desarrollarás habilidades para fortalecer una actitud de orden y respeto por las normas y procedimientos de trabajo valorando la importancia de contar con un clima organizado en donde todo el equipo se siente cómodo y sabe dónde encontrar los materiales relacionados con el trabajo del área.