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Discussion on: Where to Learn new tech skills Online?

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Periklis Gkolias

My 2 cents:

Edx has good and quality material. Most of the courses are a collaboration between companies and top universities.

Coursersa, is good, but you can find really mediocre material too. Depends the course.

Udacity: Used to be my favorite. Though during the last years, they care more about looking like TV stars on camera and sound cool, than providing value to the customers.

Udemy: The mother of contrast. Some great courses, tons of mediocre material. Thats because the barrier to become a teacher is really small. Some courses dont even have subtitles, so if the instructor is bad at speaking English...you just lost 10 dollars.

Scrimba: Short, to the point courses, and most of them free.

Safari books: I havent tried it but I have heard great feedback. Live training and early book access is a very attractive feature to me. Alas, it is a bit expensive.

Packt: I am a frequent customer. I like most of the books I have bought, they make great offers from time to time (eg 80% discounts) but I have no opinion on their video courses. I like the customer service too.

Hope it helps. :)