Microsoft is sponsoring another free MOOC starting on September 24: Data Science and Machine Learning Essentials. This course provides a five-week introduction to machine learning and data science concepts, including the open-source programming tools for data science: R and Python. (Read more about the course in this post on TechNet.) This course is organized into 5 weekly modules, each concluding with a quiz (and if you wish, can purchase a verified certificate from edX to show off your passing grade).
The course is presented by Cynthia Rudin (Professor of Statistics at MIT) and Steve Elston (author of Data Science in the Cloud with Azure ML and R), who will also participate in the course forum, and host office hours to answer questions that come up during the course.
If you're new to R, you might want to get prepared by reviewing the materials from the previous Microsoft-sponsored edX course, Introduction to R. The new course on Data Science Essentials begins online on September 24, and you can register for free at the link below.
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