System Issues in Cloud Computing Specialization by Georgia Institute of Technology

System Issues in Cloud Computing is a four-course sequence of hands-on project-intensive immersive courses aimed at computer professionals who want to learn how to build different layers of Cloud computing infrastructure, such as software-defined networks, distributed runtime systems, application development, and network function virtualization. Each course (roughly 4-5 one-hour videos) is structured as a discussion of the topic's technical details (from selected readings from research papers and other online resources).

Each one-hour video is followed by a "hands-on workshop" assignment (roughly 2 hours of development work) that entails writing code and experimenting with the concepts covered in the one-hour video lecture using a cloud platform. Each of the four courses includes a capstone project that builds on the hands-on workshops that accompany the lectures. For example, in the SDN course, students are expected to design, implement, and thoroughly test a software-defined network (SDN) for a distributed server that will serve a variety of services, ranging from standard HTTP web pages to real-time applications like sensor streaming and video players.

This course offers:

• Shareable certificate: Get a Certificate when you complete
  
• 100% online courses
• Flexible schedule: Set and stick to flexible deadlines.
• Beginner level: No prior knowledge required.
• Approximately 6 months to complete: Recommended pace of 1 hour/week
• Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese (European), Russian, Spanish

Coursera Rating: 4.5/5
Enroll here: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/cloud