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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Introduction to Big Data by University of California San Diego

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    About the Course

    Interested in increasing your knowledge of the Big Data landscape? This course is for those new to data science and interested in
    understanding why the Big Data Era has come to be. It is for those who want to become conversant with the terminology and the core
    concepts behind big data problems, applications, and systems. It is for those who want to start thinking about how Big Data might be useful in
    their business or career. It provides an introduction to one of the most common frameworks, Hadoop, that has made big data analysis easier
    and more accessible -- increasing the potential for data to transform our world! At the end of this course, you will be able to:...
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    HM

    Sep 9, 2019

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    I love the course. It goes deep into the foundations, and then finishes up with an actual lab where you learn by practice. I greatly benefited from it and feel I have achieved a milestone in big data.

    AR

    Mar 31, 2020

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    One of the best course to start learning new cutting-edge technology and to get deeper insights into Big Data. Thanks to the great instructors for amazing explanations of each module and e-materials.

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    By Tanmay G

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    Nov 6, 2017

    Good course to give you an overview of Big Data; best thing being it includes Hadoop programming basics as well. Interesting as well as a bit challenging course to learn about Big Data.I would surely recommend this to a friend.

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    By piaoyang

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    Feb 24, 2020

    The first two weeks' course is really academic style, introducing many conceptions ahead. It could be more concise.

    The third week is useful, but it's short and not much in detail, maybe just enough for an introduction course.

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    By Jeff R

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    Jul 11, 2016

    This course got upgraded from 2015 to 2016. I wish I did not have to take twice because all the assignments and material seemed the same. Maybe next time you upgrade give students the credit for the classes they already took.

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    By Rohit P

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    Apr 2, 2020

    Nice course, very informative, only suggestion is to add details on how to install the Hadoop environment in Linux, rather than using an image to run on a VM in Windows or MAC. Programmers using Linux would benefit from it.

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    By Rafa G

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    Jul 18, 2019

    I looked for many sources to get started in Big Data and, after a lot of filtering, I opted for UC San Diego. I am very satisfied although in the final exercise of this first course I found problems outside the script.

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    Dec 30, 2016

    This is an introductory course which met my expectations, giving overview with a little hands-on experience. Though instructional skills were not to the mark, supporting material and assignment instructions were good.

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    By Abhinav S

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    Jun 29, 2017

    It is a good course for someone looking to learn the basics. Some of the things might not get instantly clear but I am hoping that as we move forward through other courses in the series, the concepts will be clearer.

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    By sahitesh k

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    Apr 15, 2018

    Introsuction to the Big data was too boring. Please reduce the theoretical content to make it interesting. Week 3 material for Hadoop is awesome. Loved playing around with distributed file system for the first time

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    By Yugal A

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    Aug 25, 2017

    Everything was good. Only CloudEra setup could have been explained better. Since I had used another Tutorial, I could see the missing links and proceed. Not sure if other people are running into simliar situations.

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    By Unab M E E

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    Jul 12, 2020

    The course is very useful and running the wordcount was funny for me but the deadlines was not appropriate at the description of the course they say that it will take 6 weeks but when I join i found it only 3 weeks

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    By Igor S

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    Dec 31, 2017

    Course is really good and mostly met my expactations, but not ideal. I had to look some additional materials for making my understing better. That's not a problem usually, but can be a problem when time is limited

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    By Panya F R

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    Dec 2, 2018

    Very nice course. Well explained. Easy to understand even for those who have no IT knowledge/experience at all. Looking forward to finishing all the courses and starting implementing Big Data in my career.

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    By Anis R

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    Nov 30, 2017

    Loved the course, it gave a over all understanding of Big Data and has perspective of what is of use especially in Data Science. I would recommend it if some one wants to start about Big data from base 0.

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    By Anastasia B

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    Nov 7, 2022

    The beginning of the course started being a little bit slow, for me. But I found the last week very interesting and started really to understand new concepts that I believe will be useful in my career.

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    By Shivani K

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    Jan 30, 2021

    The course is informative, and has good instructor, but at some point it was a little less interesting than my expectation. Other than that this course is a great platform to start learning about Data.

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    By Lola B

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    Oct 7, 2017

    Great course! It provides an excellent starting point for big data, it gets you thinking about problems in a "big data way". I would recommend it to anyone who want to know what and how big data works.

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    By Dans S

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    Jul 8, 2020

    The course does it job, but the lectures look outdated and lack interesting examples. A lot of classifications and definitions are presented, but it is hard to figure out how useful they really are.

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    By Samuel

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    Apr 27, 2019

    Great Content with very precise approach to teaching . One could easily;y relate these complex terms to everyday lives and see clear use cases for big data . Good course to begin a big data journey!

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    By Vinod J

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    Oct 27, 2020

    Hadoop commands were from the old version whereas there are new versions command also there however the content of the course was very much interactive and interesting and made the learning easy.

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    By Pankaj A

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    Feb 11, 2018

    The software which is to be installed in order to do the assignment of this course must be provided in cloud or other alternatives will be provided so that each person with 4 GB Ram can install.

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    By Feliks V S

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    Oct 17, 2020

    Sometime the video duration takes to long but overall is good. I like how every explanation accompanied by easy-to-understand analysis and examples of technology that are currently widely used.

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    By Eduardo A

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    Aug 31, 2020

    The course was perfect until the Hadoop part. Especially because I couldn't install it in my computer following all instructions and I have no idea even how to fix it. It's also a bit outdated.

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    Aug 20, 2020

    The course was very interesting and the instructors are also good and make you feel engaged and wanting to know more. The quizzes and most importantly the real life examples helped very much.

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    By Cristian D V A

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    Jun 11, 2022

    Not all of us have powerful enough machines to download and run the programs and codes of the courses, however the course provides all the necessary knowledge, I have no complaints about it.

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    By alireza a s (

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    Mar 5, 2022

    hmmm, the content is very basic as the title. its just only introduction. and also its kinda old. but the lecturers are very good and its promising for next courses. course 3/5 lecturers 5/5

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