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https://www.coursera.org/learn/dna-decoded Are you a living creature? Then, congratulations! You’ve got DNA. But how much do you really know about the microscopic molecules that make you unique? Why is DNA called the “blueprint of life”? What is a “DNA fingerprint”? How do scientists clone DNA? What can DNA teach you about your family history? Are Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) safe? Is it possible to revive dinosaurs by cloning their DNA? DNA Decoded answers these questions and more. If you’re curious about DNA, join Felici |
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Experimentation for Improvement (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/experimentation We are always using experiments to improve our lives, our community, and our work. Are you doing it efficiently? Or are you (incorrectly) changing one thing at a time and hoping for the best? In this course, you will learn how to plan efficient experiments - testing with many variables. Our goal is to find the best results using only a few experiments. A key part of the course is how to optimize a system. We use simple tools: starting with fast calculations by hand, then we show how to use FR |
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Finance for Everyone (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/finance-for-everyone Offered by McMaster University. Understand Financial Forces - Make a Difference. Engage, analyze and learn why finance matters to you and ... |
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Finance for Everyone Capstone Project (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/finance-capstone Each course in F4E offers key insights and knowledge you will be able to apply in real-life situations. You’ll test drive those insights through activities and assessments that will influence your key money Decisions, your participation in financial Markets, your experience in preserving or creating Value, and in managing Debt. These activities are designed to immerse you in financial thinking by giving you a safe environment for buying and selling and for making, creating, simulating, writing, |
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Finance for Everyone: Debt (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/finance-debt In Debt, we take on one of the most challenging financial questions that remains unresolved: How much to borrow? We start by demonstrating why using debt has always been and continues to be a great temptation, particularly when borrowing costs are historically low. We identify conditions for selecting the optimal amount of debt for a corporation looking to maximize its value. You’ll become fluent in related concepts like norms and benchmarks. You will explore these and other factors that influe |
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Finance for Everyone: Decisions (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/finance-decisions Finance for Everyone: Decisions will introduce you to the workings of the free markets and the foundations of finance. You will learn how free markets and their “creative destruction” provide the architecture for the global economy and how those same markets move money in ways that create and destroy wealth. Your financial toolkit will include timeless concepts like compounding, discounting, annuities, effective interest rates, and more. You will also learn how to simplify important financia |
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Finance for Everyone: Markets (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/finance-markets Markets begins with one of the most common and important elements of the financial system – interest rates. You will learn why interest rates have always been a key barometer in determining the value of everything. You will explore the changing influence of interest rates; the impact of interest rates on consumption, investment and economic growth; and the bizarre realities of negative interest rates. Markets explains how interest rates change the value of all financial instruments, highlighti |
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Finance For Everyone: Value (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/finance-value In Value, you will explore the most powerful generator of value in the world – ideas. Ideas are the engines of productivity, both in the private and public sectors. You will learn about the universal frameworks that determine how ideas and money interact, leading to the allocation of financial resources. We will identify components of cash flow for any project, business or venture as the most essential ingredients of value. We also assess the investment techniques used to give life to some id |
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Hacking Exercise For Health. The surprising new science of fitness. (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/hacking-exercise-health Renowned exercise physiologists Martin Gibala and Stuart Phillips of McMaster University teach the surprising new science of cardio fitness and strength-building—and then provide you with hacks to get fit and strong (and healthy!) in less time than you ever thought possible. What’s the right mix of exercise between cardio and strength? How do you know if you’re working out hard enough? What’s better, heavy or light weights? These questions and more are addressed through a course designed to prov |
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Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/mindshift Mindshift is designed to help boost your career and life in today’s fast-paced learning environment. Whatever your age or stage, Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence. We’ll provide practical insights from science about how to learn and change |
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/mindshift-transforma-mente Mindshift es un curso diseñado para ayudarte a impulsar tu carrera profesional y tu vida personal en el mundo de cambios acelerados que vivimos hoy en día. Cualquiera que sea tu edad o etapa de formación, Mindshift te enseñará técnicas para aprovechar al máximo tu experiencia de aprendizaje en línea, estrategias para conseguir y trabajar con mentores, secretos para evitar estancamientos (y catástrofes) en tu carrera profesional, y reflexiones sobre el valor de la ignorancia selectiva y la compet |
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/szemleletvaltas A Szemléletváltás célja, hogy segítsen fellendíteni a karrieredet és az életedet a mai felgyorsult tanulási környezetben. A Szemléletváltás életkortól és életszakasztól függetlenül megtanít olyan alapvető dolgokra, mint például, hogyan hozhatod ki a legtöbbet az online tanulásból és a MOOC-okból, hogyan keress mentorokat, és hogyan dolgozz velük, hogyan kerüld el a karriered során a hullámvölgyeket (és katasztrófákat) és általában az élet hullámvölgyeit, valamint olyan felismerésekre is megtaní |