This book is an academic publication about the global development of massive open online courses (MOOCs) and major MOOC platforms worldwide in the past decade, as well as the outlook of MOOCs in the future, with an emphasis on Greater China. The book also discusses the upsurge of the demand for online learning and MOOCs during the COVID-19 pandemic.The book is divided into three main parts - Part I: Overview of MOOCs introduces the origin and history of MOOCs and the development of...

Welcome to "The Power of Habits: How They Transform Your Life and Propel You Towards Success." In this eBook, we will explore the incredible influence that habits exert on our lives and how they can be harnessed to bring about profound positive change. By understanding the science behind habits and implementing effective strategies, you can unlock the potential within you to create lasting transformations and achieve the success you desire.

Ready, set, program with Go!Now is the perfect time to learn the Go Programming Language. It’s one of the most in-demand languages among tech recruiters and developers love its simplicity and power. Go Programming Language For Dummies is an easy way to add this top job skill to your toolkit. Written for novice and experienced coders alike, this book traverses basic syntax, writing functions, organizing data, building packages, and interfacing with APIs.

Expert guidance on deploying secure, standardized AI integrations in any development contextMCP For Dummies is the essential guide to getting started with the open-source standard that's transforming how businesses deploy AI. With Model Context Protocol (MCP), you can connect AI to real-world data, for practical, secure tools that deliver real value. This beginner-friendly book shows you why major tech companies like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Microsoft ...

Expert guidance on deploying secure, standardized AI integrations in any development contextMCP For Dummies is the essential guide to getting started with the open-source standard that’s transforming how businesses deploy AI. With Model Context Protocol (MCP), you can connect AI to real-world data, for practical, secure tools that deliver real value. This beginner-friendly book shows you why major tech companies like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Microsoft ...

The simplest way to create world-class appsHave a unique app idea but worried you don't quite have the coding skills to build it? Good news: You can stop fretting about someone beating you to market with the same idea and start work right now using SwiftUI. SwiftUI is a gateway app development framework that has become one of the best ways for fledgling developers to get iOS apps off the ground without having to become a coding expert overnight.SwiftUI ...

Python makes machine learning easy for beginners and experienced developersWith computing power increasing exponentially and costs decreasing at the same time, there is no better time to learn machine learning using Python. Machine learning tasks that once required enormous processing power are now possible on desktop machines. However, machine learning is not for the faint of heart—it requires a good foundation in statistics, as well as programming knowledge. ...

Use this book to write an Ethereum Blockchain Smart Contract, test it, deploy it, and create a web application to interact with your smart contract.Beginning Ethereum Smart Contracts Programming is your fastest and most efficient means of getting started if you are unsure where to begin and how to connect to the Ethereum Blockchain. The book begins with a foundational discussion of blockchain and the motivation behind it. From there, you will get up close ...

DuckDB, an open source in-process database created for OLAP workloads, provides key advantages over more mainstream OLAP solutions: It's embeddable and optimized for analytics. It also integrates well with Python and is compatible with SQL, giving you the performance and flexibility of SQL right within your Python environment. This handy guide shows you how to get started with this versatile and powerful tool.Author Wei-Meng Lee takes developers and data professionals through DuckD...

Use this book to write an Ethereum blockchain smart contract, test it, deploy it, and create a web application to interact with your smart contract. This new edition has been expanded and updated to cover web3.js APIs, additional Consensus Protocols, non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), developing NFT tokens using ERC-721, and more!Beginning Ethereum Smart Contracts Programming, second edition is your fastest and most efficient means of getting started if you are u...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Cloud and Network Computing, ICCNC 2025, which was held in Fuzhou, China, during June 20–22, 2025.The 31 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions.They are grouped into the following topics: Cloud & Edge Computing; Network Computing; Big Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence; Security & Privacy.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the third ECML PKDD Workshop on Data Analytics for Renewable Energy Integration, DARE 2015, held in Porto, Portugal, in September 2015.The 10 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book.