A fantastic course. However, I feel that probably its important to finish the 6 course specialization to have a good working knowledge

It is a great course to start with foundations of Big Data, good examples and easy material for whom are not familiar with the subject

If you do not have any Idea of what big data means but you heard to talk about that a lot and you are interested, this is your course.

This course is perfect for Big Data beginers. I loved how they explained haoop's architecture and big data principles in a simple way.

This course will go through all the definitions and the core concepts of Big Data.

It is a great introductory course.

Thank you so much.

with her simple in terminology-compact in content explanations, Ilkay Hoca was a great tutor to step inside the door of data science.

If you don't have any idea about what Big Data exactly is and If you want to explore more about the same then this course is for you!

Excellent course material, simple, lucid and easy to follow structure, contextual examples - all this is worth making the Intro to B

This course bring the real perspective of bigdata and data science , demonstrating real use cases and solution for business problems

I found this program extremely useful to understand the concepts of Big Data. I can now get into any conversation and do not feel li

Very interesting enlightment of Big Data. I really learned a different perception towards Big Data. Can't wait for the next clases.

I really enjoyed the pace and challenges associated with the class. I learned quite a bit, and will recommend to others! Thank you!

Great as an introduction to Big Data - now I've enrolled on the other 5 courses in this specialisation and am keen to get moving !!

This course is amazing for the one who wants to start Big Data! Great job by Instructors by citing real time examples and problems.

Really good course. I had the opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of Big Data. Now I want to take the following courses. :)

Good content, good teacher. Maybe should have a little more hands on assignments, but it is an excellent introduction to the topic!

Loud and Clear! Wonderful entry level courses for begineer like me, particular in the explaination on MapReduce, thanks very much!

This is a good course for the beginner. But I would like to ask for some detail exercises and examples for the real beginner. Tha

Excellent introduction into big data. Material is well organized and well presented for anyone that is not familiar with big data

Flow of material is good .Along with the assesment at end of each chapter . It help to re visit the point we missed during class

Well organized, easy to understand material and lessons taught by speakers. Good exercises and quiz in the end of each chapter.

The course was in depth about Big Data Introduction and its related technologies. Thanks to Coursera for the wonderful content.

Superb introduction to the concepts of Big data for total newcomers with a simple hands on exercise at the end. Well done team!

The course is really well done and provide all the basic concepts and notions that are required to start working with big data.

Very well organized, it reaches such a degree of detail that all the doubts that appeared were clearly answered Contragulations