Collection of online learning sites for data science
Sites for finding online data science courses:
- Udemy - Extensive interactive courses on all subjects, each course around $12
- Coursera - Free interactive courses from leading universities
- EdX - Large collection of free interactive courses with option for paid certificate
- Select “Self-Paced” in search to find courses available year-round
- Or enroll in time-limited courses to follow along with other learners
- FutureLearn - Collection of massive open online courses on range of subjects
- Udacity - Collection of free courses organized into paths with option for paid “nanodegrees”
- MIT OpenCourseWare - Selection of MIT courses with video-lectures, slides, problems, textbooks, etc
- Less interactive than other online learning resources but often more comprehensive and always self-paced and free
- Codecademy - Free lessons on computer programming, web development, and data science
- Includes courses on HTML, Python, Java, JavaScript, SQL, and more
- Data Camp - Selection of data science and coding courses
- Freemium model with some intro content free, then $29 per month for everything
- Stack Overflow - Go-to help site for programmers, contains countless useful threads
Which online course site is “best”?
There is no clearly superior platform and many courses are cross-listed on several. Udemy, Coursera, EdX, and FutureLearn are similar and tend to host the largest variety of courses. Udacity is more streamlined into career-oriented paths. Codecademy is more focused on general computer programming and Data Camp is a “gamified” introduction. For a curated list of courses check out the repositories for each language or program in the rest of the guide.
Full courses
- Open Source Society University Data Science Course - Exhaustive collection of online resources organized into a one-year open source course
Textbooks
- An Introduction to Statistical Learning - One of two textbooks utilized in CS 189: Introduction to Machine Learning. Provides application examples in R.
- Deep Learning Book - Free online textbook covering the fundamental mathematics and methods of deep learning. More theoretical than other guides, best for those that already have experience applying mathematical concepts in programming.
Listicles of Recommended Courses
- Free Code Camp: List of Best Online Interactive Courses for Intro Data Science
- Free Code Camp: Guide to Data Science with Python