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This is the fourth part of an introductory business information systems course, designed to help you pass the CLEP Information Systems and Computer Applications exam and introduce you to the amazing world of Information Technology.

In this course, you will learn the basic concepts of information systems and their application.

This is the fifth part of an introductory  business information systems series, designed to help you pass the CLEP Information Systems and Computer Applications exam and introduce you to the amazing world of Information Technology.

In this course, you will learn the basic concepts of information systems and their application.

In this course, you will learn how to apply accounting and federal income tax principles to project earnings and cash flows, specifically of the post-combination entity.

To drive concepts home, you will work on real world examples and journal entries for common to complex M&A accounting treatments.

This course is part of the New York Institute of Finance’s popular Mergers & Acquisitions Professional Certificate program.

What is the structure and purpose of the FED? How does its action impact not just the US economy, financial institutions, but individual investors and savers alike? Are you aware of the relationship between the federal government and the Federal Reserve (FED)? Are you familiar with the federal open market committee (FOMC) and know what distinguishes it from the FED. This is the course for you!

The Federal Reserve is more than a 100 years old today and is the central banking system of the United States. As an institution, the FED’s decisions and policies impact our economy and our lives every single day.

With Europe and other countries now imitating and initiating Quantitative Easing measures that the US Fed has ALREADY implemented, the FED's impact and influence are truly global is nature.

By the end of this course, you should:  

• Recognize the role and structure of the Federal Reserve (FED).
• Recognize the role and structure of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).
• Define interest rate terminology:
  • FED Fund Rate
  • Discount Rate (Window)
  • London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
• Identify the economic initiatives undertaken by the FED:
  • Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
  • Quantitative Easing I, II, and III
• Recognize how the FED controls, owns, and manipulates the short end of the Yield Curve.
• Get familiarized with the product called Repurchase Agreement (Repo) and Reverse Repo.
• Recognize the process by which the Federal Reserve facilitates the fine-tuning of cash in the market using Repurchase Agreement (Repo).

Do you want to become a better problem solver?

This Java course will provide you with a strong understanding of basic Java programming elements and data abstraction using problem representation and the object-oriented framework. As the saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” This course will use sample objects such as photos or images to illustrate some important concepts to enhance understanding and retention. You will learn to write procedural programs using variables, arrays, control statements, loops, recursion, data abstraction and objects in an integrated development environment.

This course is comprised of two 5-week parts. Part 1 introduces programming fundamentals. Part 2 covers additional advanced topics.

Introduction to the ways that business is related to, and interacts with, individuals, groups and institutions in the current U.S. environment. This course provides the terminology and concepts of the functional areas of business, setting the foundation for interpreting and analyzing the legal, social and ethical issues facing business today. Learners will gain a basic overview of the financial system, including sources of business financing and various types of financial statements.
 
This course was developed and is being offered by Anne Arundel Community College through OECx.
 
All course content is openly licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. You are free to translate, modify and repurpose course materials as long as you provide attribution to the course authors. For more information on Creative Commons licenses, please see http://creativecommons.org/about/license/

This five-week course will help you identify reliable information in news reports and become better informed about the world we live in. We will discuss journalism from the viewpoint of the news audience.

Together, we will examine the following topics:

• What makes news? The blurred lines between news, promotion and entertainment.
• Why does news matter? Social sharing and the dynamics of the news cycles.
• Who provides information? How to evaluate sources in news reports.
• Where is the evidence? The process of verification.
• When should we act? Recognizing our own biases.
• How do we know what we know? Becoming an active news audience.

If you are interested in becoming a more discerning news consumer, please join us and sign up today.

*This course will be run primarily in English, but will have assessments, video transcripts, and limited course content (documents, instructions) in Simplified Chinese.

This Digital Programs course will survey state-of-the-art topics in Big Data, looking at data collection (smartphones, sensors, the Web), data storage and processing (scalable relational databases, Hadoop, Spark, etc...), extracting structured data from unstructured data, systems issues (exploiting multicore, security), analytics (machine learning, data compression, efficient algorithms), visualization, and a range of applications.

Each module will introduce broad concepts as well as provide the most recent developments in research.

Tackling the Challenges of Big Data is designed to be valuable to both individuals and companies because it provides a platform for discussion from numerous technical perspectives. The concepts delivered through this course can spark idea generation among team members, and the knowledge gained can be applied to their company’s approach to Big Data problems and shape the way business operate today.

The application of the course is broad and can apply to both early career professionals as well as senior technical managers.

Participants will benefit the most from the concepts taught in this course if they have at least three years of work experience.

Participants may include:

• Engineers who need to understand the new Big Data technologies and concepts to apply in their work

• Technical managers who want to familiarize themselves with these emerging technologies

• Entrepreneurs who would like to gain perspective on trends and future capabilities of Big Data technology

The course is taught by a team of world-renowned experts in each of these areas from MIT and the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).

CSAIL is the largest research laboratory at MIT and one of the world’s most important centers of information technology research. CSAIL and its members have played a key role in the computer revolution. The lab’s researchers have been key movers in developments like time-sharing, massively parallel computers, public key encryption, the mass commercialization of robots, and much of the technology underlying the ARPANet, Internet, and the World Wide Web.

CSAIL members (former and current) have launched more than 100 companies, including RSA Data Security, Akamai, iRobot, Meraki, ITA Software, and Vertica. The Lab is home to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

With backgrounds in data, programming, finance, multicore technology, database systems, robotics, transportation, hardware, and operating systems, each MIT Tackling the Challenges of Big Data professor brings their own unique experience and expertise to the course.

FAQ

How do I register a group of participants?
There are two ways to register multiple individuals at once.

• Once the course is added to your cart, you can select the number of enrollments you would like to purchase. You can then pay using a valid credit card.

• For a group of 10 or more individuals, you can pay via invoice. Please note that our payment terms are net zero, and all invoices must be paid prior to the course start date. Failure to remit payment before the course begins will result in removal from the course. No extensions or exceptions will be granted.

How should I pay?

Individual registrants must complete registrations and pay online with a valid credit card at the time of registration. MIT Professional Education accepts globally recognized major credit or debit cards that have a Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express or Diner's Club.

Invoices will not be generated for individuals, or for groups of less than 10 people. Payment must be received in full; payment plans are not available.

How long is the course?
The course is held over six weeks, and is entirely asynchronous. Lectures are pre-taped and you can follow along when you find it convenient, as long as you finish all required assignments. You may complete all assignments before the due date, however, you may find it more beneficial to adhere to a weekly schedule so you can stay up-to-date with the discussion forums.

How long will the course material be available online?
The materials will be available to registered and paid participants for 90 days after the course end date. No extensions will be granted.

When will I get access to the course site?
Instructions for accessing the course site will be sent to all paid registrants via email by the course launch date.

Participants are required to provide some personal information via a short mandatory course entrance survey. You will be able to access the survey on the course start date. Please be advised that a failure to provide said information will mean that participants will be unable to access course material.

How many hours per week will I have class or homework?
There are approximately three hours of video every week. You will spend additional time on multiple choice assessments, readings, and discussion forums. Most participants will spend about five hours a week on course-related activities.

Please note that the edX platform uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). To convert times to your local time zone, please use the following tool:http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

How do I know if this course is right for me?
Carefully review the course description page, which includes a description of course content, objectives, and target audience, and any required prerequisites.

Are there prerequisites or advance reading materials?
MIT Professional Education strongly recommends a bachelor’s degree in computer science and three years’ minimum work experience, but the course is open to any interested participant. No advance reading is required.

Who will be participating in this course?
Professionals with diverse personal, business, and academic backgrounds from the U.S. and around the world will participate. They include scientists, engineers, technicians, managers, consultants, and others, and they come from industry, government, military, non-profit, and academia.

I have never taken a course on the edX platform before. What can I do to prepare?
Prior to the first day of class, participants can take a demonstration course on edx.org that was built specifically to help students become more familiar with taking a course on the edX platform.

What reference materials will be available at the end of the course?
Participants will have 90-day access to the archived course (includes videos, discussion boards and content).

Will I receive an MIT Professional Education Certificate?
Participants who successfully complete the course and all assessments will receive a Certificate of Completion. This course does not carry MIT credits or grades, however, an 80% pass rate is required in order to receive a Certificate.

Will I receive MIT credits?
This course does not carry MIT credits. MIT Professional Education offers non-credit/non-degree professional programs for a global audience. Participants may not imply or state in any manner, written or oral, that MIT or MIT Professional Education is granting academic credit for enrollment in this professional course. None of our Digital courses or programs award academic credit or degrees.

After I complete this course, will I be an MIT alum?
MIT alumni status is not granted, but instead, MIT Professional Education alumni status is amongst the benefits MIT Professional Education offers. 

Are video captions available?
Each video for this course has been transcribed and the text can be found on the right side of the video when the captions function is turned on. Synchronized transcripts allow students to follow along with the video and navigate to a specific section of the video by clicking the transcript text. Students can use transcripts of media-based learning materials for study and review.

I need to cancel my registration. Are there any fees?
Cancellation requests received after the course start date will not be eligible for a refund.

To submit your request for a refund prior to the start of a course, please email support@edx.org. Please include your full name and order number in your email request. 

Can I transfer/defer my registration for another session or course?
Admission and fees paid cannot be deferred to a subsequent session. 

Can someone else attend in my place?
We cannot accommodate any substitution requests at this time. Please review the time commitment section and course schedule above to ensure you are able to participate in the course before you register.

关于这门课程

*本课程以英文授课为主，但有些评估测试，视频字幕，和部分的课程内容（文件，说明）会有简体中文翻译。

这门数字化课程将概述大数据领域最先进的课题，着眼于数据收集(智能手机，传感器，网络), 数据存储和处理 (可扩展的关系型数据库，Hadoop，Spark等), 从非结构化数据中提取结构化数据、系统问题(多核开发，安全性)，数据分析（机器学习，数据压缩，高效算法), 可视化，以及一系列应用。

每个课程模块将介绍初步概念，并提供最新的研究进展。

应对大数据挑战这门课是为个人以及公司设计的，因为它提供了一个从不同技术角度进行讨论的平台。 本课程提供的概念可以激发团队成员的创意，所获得的知识也可以应用于解决公司的大数据问题，并且引导当今企业的运营方式。

该课程应用广泛，既适合事业刚刚起步的专业人员，也适合高级技术管理人员。

如果学员有三年以上的工作经验，他们将从这门课程所讲授的概念中受益更多。

学员可能包括：

• 需要了解当今大数据技术和概念以便在工作中应用的工程师
• 想要熟悉这些新兴技术的技术经理
• 想展望大数据的发展趋势和未来能力的企业家

本课程的教学团队由该领域的世界级专家组成，他们来自麻省理工学院（MIT）以及麻省理工学院的计算机科学和人工智能实验室 (CSAIL).

CSAIL是MIT最大的研究实验室，也是世界上最重要的信息技术研究中心之一。 CSAIL及其成员在计算机革命中起到了关键作用。 该实验室的研究人员一直是诸如分时、大规模平行计算机、公钥加密、机器人的大规模商业化，以及很多建立在阿帕网、互联网和万维网基础上的技术的关键推动者。

CSAIL成员（前任和现任）已经成立了超过100家公司，其中包括 RSA Data Security、Akamai、iRobot、Meraki、ITA Software 和 Vertica。 该实验室是万维网联盟（W3C）的发源地。

这些MIT应对大数据挑战的教授分别拥有数据、编程、金融、多核技术、数据库系统、机器人技术、运输系统、硬件和操作系统的背景。他们每一个人都将为本课程带来自己独到的经验和专业知识。

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请注意，edX平台使用世界标准时间 (UTC). 请使用以下的时区换算表将世界标准时间转换成当地时间： http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

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是否有先修课程要求或提前阅读材料？
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进修这门课程的学员来自哪些地区和领域？
来自美国和世界各地，具备不同的个人、企业、和学术背景的专业人员将进修这门课程。 他们之中有科学家、工程师、技术人员、管理人员、顾问等，来自工业界、政府、军队、非营利性机构和学术界。

我以前从来没有在edX平台修过课。 我能做些什么准备呢？
在第一天上课之前，学员可以观看edX上的一门示范课程, 这门课程专为帮助学生熟悉在edX平台上学习课程而设立。

课程结束时，有什么参考资料可供使用？
学员将有90天时间访问已归档课程（包括视频，讨论版和学习材料）。

我会收到MIT专业提升教育的证书吗？
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我会获得MIT的学分吗？
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当我完成这门课程后，我会成为MIT的校友吗？
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Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) casing and tubing play a critical role in the drilling and completion of oil and gas wells. “Introduction to Running Pipe in Oil and Gas Wells” will explain how to prepare and install OCTG in oil and gas wells safely, illustrating best practices that contribute to operational reliability and efficiency and minimize environmental impact.

Exchange 2013 is Microsoft’s calendaring software, mail server, and contact manager.

Learn how to configure, monitor and maintain Exchange Server 2013. This course will also provide guidelines, best practices, and considerations that will help you optimize performance and minimize errors and security threats in Exchange Server 2013.

Interested in learning how mobile smartphones and tablets convert digital information to and from electromagnetic signals in the radio frequency (RF) spectrum? Curious how radio designers and spectrum regulators avoid harmful interference within a network or among different wireless services? Debating whether television (TV) band spectrum or cellular spectrum is more valuable to society?  Want to build a radio transmitter and receiver, or develop a business plan for a wireless network deployment in your hometown?  Then sign up for "Understanding Wireless" today!
 
This survey style course offers an opportunity to gain understanding of the technical, regulatory, and economic aspects of the mobile wireless revolution and its impact on society.  The course is intended for a broad audience, from engineers to business majors to aspiring lawyers, but students will be most comfortable if they are not intimidated by early-college mathematics.
 
The instructors aim to expose the intricate physics, infrastructure, industry segments, markets, and radio frequency (RF) spectrum challenges behind today's popular smart phones and tablets, and to challenge students to participate in fueling the future growth of these technologies as well as their applications. The course will include such topics as the electrical transmission of information, the physical propagation of radio signals, the principles and challenges of sharing a common medium, standards and patents, spectrum licenses and auctions, privacy and security issues, and societal impact of wireless communication services and applications.

In addition to directed readings, video sessions, and learning exercises, students taking the course for a certificate will be required to take several quizzes and, in the last two weeks of the course, to develop a project selected from one of several options. We are excited to introduce you to the myriad aspects of the wireless revolution and to explore with you how wireless is changing today’s society.

The University of Notre Dame's Office of Digital Learning is sponsoring a final project competition for "Understanding Wireless" learners located in the United States and Canada. Qualified participants will design and submit a project plan to use wireless technology to improve their local community (town, school, local government, etc.), applying the knowledge and experience they have gained in the course.

This electronics course will focus on the physics of biomolecule detection in terms of three elementary concepts: response time, sensitivity, and selectivity. We will use potentiometric, amperometric, and cantilever-based mass sensors to illustrate the application of these concepts to specific sensor technologies. Learners in this course will be able to decide what sensors to make, appreciate their design principles, interpret measured results, and spot emerging research trends.

This electronics course is the latest in a science and engineering series offered by the nanoHUB-U project, which is jointly funded by Purdue University and the National Science Foundation. 

¿Qué se entiende por gestión para resultados en el desarrollo?

¿Cuáles son los componentes del ciclo de gestión pública que aborda la gestión para resultados en el desarrollo?

¿Cuáles son los principales desafíos en América Latina y el Caribe para la implementación de la gestión para resultados en el desarrollo?

¿Cuál es el rol de los funcionarios públicos y cuál es el rol de la ciudadanía en la gestión para resultados?

Este curso da respuesta a las anteriores preguntas y, a modo de introducción, brinda el marco conceptual de la gestión para resultados en el desarrollo en los gobiernos subnacionales.

Los países de América Latina y el Caribe enfrentan considerables desafíos de la gestión pública, tales como el diseño de políticas públicas que tengan en consideración los puntos de vista de los diferentes actores; las demandas ciudadanas y los escasos recursos disponibles; la asignación de los recursos financieros; la calidad de los servicios públicos o el seguimiento y la evaluación de la gestión, entre otros.

La gestión para resultados en el desarrollo y su enfoque de gerencia contribuyen al abordaje de estos desafíos mediante el tratamiento integral de las distintas etapas del ciclo de la gestión pública, el uso de la información para la toma de decisiones y el empleo de múltiples instrumentos y metodologías.

We will examine the role of Egyptian women and their positions as monarchs and goddesses, the invention of papyrus and Egypt’s first writings as well as ancient Egypt’s achievements in medicine. There will also be a brief summary of the famous architecture of ancient Egypt including pyramids, tombs and temples.

In this economics and finance course, you will learn about different types of Islamic financial markets and their key features and principles.

You will also learn about the challenges of Islamic financial and capital market development.

No previous knowledge is needed, but a basic knowledge of business concepts is advantageous.

This course is part of the Microsoft Professional Program Certificate in Data Science.

If you’re considering a career as a data analyst, you need to know about histograms, Pareto charts, Boxplots, Bayes’ theorem, and much more. In this applied statistics course, the second in our Microsoft Excel Data Analyst XSeries, use the powerful tools built into Excel, and explore the core principles of statistics and basic probability—from both the conceptual and applied perspectives. Learn about descriptive statistics, basic probability, random variables, sampling and confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. And see how to apply these concepts and principles using the environment, functions, and visualizations of Excel.

As a data science pro, the ability to analyze data helps you to make better decisions, and a solid foundation in statistics and basic probability helps you to better understand your data. Using real-world concepts applicable to many industries, including medical, business, sports, insurance, and much more, learn from leading experts why Excel is one of the top tools for data analysis and how its built-in features make Excel a great way to learn essential skills.

Before taking this course, you should be familiar with organizing and summarizing data using Excel analytic tools, such as tables, pivot tables, and pivot charts. You should also be comfortable (or willing to try) creating complex formulas and visualizations. Want to start with the basics? Check out DAT205x: Introduction to Data Analysis using Excel. As you learn these concepts and get more experience with this powerful tool that can be extremely helpful in your journey as a data analyst or data scientist, you may want to also take the third course in our series, DAT206x Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Excel. This course includes excerpts from Microsoft Excel 2016: Data Analysis and Business Modeling from Microsoft Press and authored by course instructor Wayne Winston.

This course is also part of the Microsoft Excel for the Data Analyst XSeries.

JavaScript is the programming language of the World Wide Web.

As a professional web software developer, you will not only need to know how to program in this simple yet powerful language, but you will need to understand the fundamentals of how data is exchanged on the World Wide Web (WWW) and what tools and frameworks are available to you for creating robust, interactive web applications.

This course, part of the CS Essentials for Software Development Professional Certificate program, provides an introduction to modern web development using JavaScript. In addition to exploring the basics of web page creation using HTML and CSS, you will learn advanced web page layout and responsive design tools such as Bootstrap. You will also learn how browsers represent a web page data using the Document Object Model (DOM) and how to develop dynamic, interactive web pages using JavaScript in the browser. Beyond fundamental JavaScript syntax and advanced language features such as callbacks, events, and asynchronous programming, you will work with jQuery, which provides functionality for simplified DOM manipulation and event handling.

This course will teach you how to represent and exchange data using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), and will discuss key principles of object-oriented programming and see how they are used in JavaScript.

We will also introduce you to modern web frameworks and component-based libraries such as React for efficiently developing modular web page components, which improve scalability and maintainability. We will also cover modern software methodologies such as model-driven development, and architectures such as  model-view-controller (MVC) and model-view-presenter (MVP). We will explore how they are used by teams of professional software developers to create high quality applications.

Server-side JavaScript is becoming more prevalent in the industry, with web frameworks such as Node.js making it simple to create and deploy complex, data-driven web applications. This course will prepare you to use such frameworks by covering important technologies such as HTTP and RESTful APIs.

How has technology changed the world of education? This course will examine the meaningful integration of technology into classrooms through a design-based process. This design framework will help teachers develop authentic projects that use technology as thinking tools for students. The course will also explore relevant learning theories and their practical applications for technology-infused classrooms.

Learn to manage Windows 10 desktop and application deployments as well as cloud-based application and data service environments for medium-to-large enterprises.

This course is the third of four courses in the Windows 10 Features for a Mobile Workforce XSeries, which has been created to help you prepare for Microsoft certification Exam 70-697: Configuring Windows Devices.

This UX course provides an introduction to the field of user experience (UX) design.

You will learn about the work involved in UX Design, including identifying user needs, designing and prototyping interactive systems, and evaluating systems to make sure they work for users.