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      Universidade de São Paulo

      Inove na gestão de equipes e negócios: O crescimento da empresa

      Skills you'll gain: Talent Management, Team Management, Product Development, Business Planning, Decision Making, Agile Product Development, Operational Analysis, Strategic Prioritization, Leadership, Business Priorities, Business Strategy, Culture Transformation, A/B Testing, Scalability, Employee Engagement

      4.8
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      265 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      NIIT

      Server side JavaScript with Node.js

      Skills you'll gain: Node.JS, Unit Testing, Server Side, Javascript, Debugging, Back-End Web Development, File Systems, Web Applications, Event-Driven Programming

      3.8
      Rating, 3.8 out of 5 stars
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      85 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Michigan

      GenAI in Business: Discover the Possibilities

      Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Business Transformation, Prompt Engineering, Business Process Automation, Business Strategy, Solution Design, Automation, Business Analysis, Technology Strategies, ChatGPT, Innovation, Digital Transformation, Large Language Modeling, Business Process Management

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      47 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Universidade de São Paulo

      Mapas conceituais para aprender e colaborar

      Skills you'll gain: Lifelong Learning, Willingness To Learn, Learning Strategies, Peer Review, Collaborative Software, Collaboration, Concept Of Operations, Information Architecture, Critical Thinking, Constructive Feedback, Education Software and Technology, Organizational Skills, Technical Communication

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      411 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Universidad Austral

      Red de sentidos: Arte, educación y procesos creativos

      Skills you'll gain: Art History, Teaching, Instructional and Curriculum Design, Pedagogy, Aesthetics, Mathematics Education, Curriculum Development, Liberal Arts, Creativity, Creative Thinking, Geometry, Research, Collaboration, Science and Research, Critical Thinking

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      130 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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      Peking University

      社会调查与研究方法 (上)Methodologies in Social Research (Part I)

      Skills you'll gain: Research Methodologies, Social Sciences, Research Design, Research, Scientific Methods, Surveys, Experimentation, Data Collection, Sample Size Determination, Probability & Statistics

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      50 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

      Sustainable high-end tourism

      Skills you'll gain: Service Design, Hospitality, Hospitality Management, Customer Insights, Customer experience strategy (CX), Corporate Sustainability, Consumer Behaviour, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Innovation, Communication

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      38 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      IBM

      Node.js & MongoDB: Developing Back-end Database Applications

      Skills you'll gain: Node.JS, Restful API, Database Design, Database Development, Database Application, NoSQL, MongoDB, Back-End Web Development, API Design, Cloud Applications, Authentications, Middleware, Application Performance Management, Scalability, Application Deployment, Web Applications, Secure Coding, Debugging, Javascript

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      42 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Create a Lead Generation Messenger Chatbot using Chatfuel

      Skills you'll gain: Lead Generation, Email Marketing, Marketing Automation, Google Sheets, Application Deployment, Real Time Data, Customer Communications Management

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      318 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      University of New Mexico

      Web Application Development: Basic Concepts

      Skills you'll gain: Version Control, Web Applications, Full-Stack Web Development, Git (Version Control System), Middleware, Software Architecture, User Interface (UI), Agile Software Development, Application Frameworks, Ajax, Model View Controller, Databases, Relational Databases, Software Engineering, Software Development, Ruby on Rails, Software Design Patterns, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Javascript

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      184 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Simplilearn

      Multichannel Marketing - Email, Content and Mobile Marketing

      Skills you'll gain: Email Marketing, Content Strategy, Content Marketing, Customer Retention, HubSpot CRM, Marketing Strategies, Web Content, Paid media, Content Creation, Marketing Automation, Newsletters, Marketing, Digital Marketing, Growth Strategies, A/B Testing, Customer Relationship Management, Customer Acquisition Management, Target Audience, UI/UX Strategy, Campaign Management

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      25 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    • Inove na gestão de equipes e negócios: O crescimento da empresa: Universidade de São Paulo
    • Server side JavaScript with Node.js: NIIT
    • GenAI in Business: Discover the Possibilities: University of Michigan
    • Mapas conceituais para aprender e colaborar: Universidade de São Paulo
    • Red de sentidos: Arte, educación y procesos creativos: Universidad Austral
    • Advanced Programming in Kotlin: Meta
    • 社会调查与研究方法 (上)Methodologies in Social Research (Part I): Peking University
    • Sustainable high-end tourism: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
    • Node.js & MongoDB: Developing Back-end Database Applications: IBM
    • Create a Lead Generation Messenger Chatbot using Chatfuel: Coursera Project Network

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