I finally completed the MOOC from Columbia on Machine Learning for Data Science and Analytics and received my verified certificate. I didn't mention this in my past post, but in the end I did decide to register for the verified course. I was hoping it would improve. As you can see, I think it was a total waste.
This was by far THE worst and THE most expensive MOOC I've ever taken. There was no math or any programming. I did learn some information on interesting topics like genetics and depression etc but that's about it. Nothing that was discussed about machine learning went beyond the superficial. No a single formula on linear regression or logistic regression. Not even a discussion on the differences between SVN or Neural Networks. This was really a waste of my time. I regret paying $99.