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There really is no comparison. Udemy is youtube tutorials that you pay for, while coursera are modified versions of actual college/graduate courses from the best universities in the world, and they're free.

Just took Intro to Mathematical Thinking from Stanford on coursera, it was fantastic.

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Some Udemy courses are pretty good and are taught by practicioners, while Coursera is much closer to what you get in University.

Coursera -> Helped me to graduate

Udemy -> Helped me to get useful skills quicker and make money

Good to know. Any you would highly recommend?

React course offered by Stephen Grider and data science course offered by Jose Portilla on Udemy are good.

Generally, looking at the number of students enrolled and the rating of a course gives a good idea on quality.

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