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Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach Review

   I just completed another certification and wanted to give my opinion on the Coursera course,"Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach". This course is the starting course of a four part program provided by the University of Washington in Coursera and is taught using Python. This course is not free but could be a great opportunity to get your feet wet in diving into the machine learning field. Just like any other course, there are pros and cons to it so maybe this will help you decide whether or not it is right for you.    First, I would like to mention that this course is very organized and goes into the three broad topics of machine learning: supervised learning, unsupervised learning, and neural networks; which is really nice because you get a little bit of each. Each week there is a quiz and a programming assignment to determine if you have sufficient knowledge on the topic to advance. One of the big cons of this program is that it uses GraphLab, a Python