6 Best Lab Exercises Courses on Coursera
We compared 6 Lab Exercises courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $9.99 to $49.00. 5 of them teach the subject directly and 1 are built around a certification exam. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including Duke University. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 6
- Price range
- $9.99 – $49.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 31 Aug 2026
How these 6 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "lab exercises" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $9.99 to $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Python, Bash and SQL Essentials for Data Engineering
Offered by Duke University
If you are interested in developing the skills needed to be a data engineer, the Python, Bash and SQL Essentials for Data Engineering Specialization is a great place to start. We live in a world that is driven by big dat...
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Java as a Second Language
Offered by LearnQuest
This specialization is meant to be an introduction to Java as a second language. You may be familiar with any computer programming language, shell scripting, or knowledge of older Java versions, JavaScript, etc. This spe...
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Introduction to Java as a Second Language
Offered by LearnQuest
This course is meant to be an introduction to Java as a second language, if you are familiar with any computer programming language. It could be shell scripting, knowledge of older Java versions, JavaScript, etc. This co...
$49.00listed price -
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Build Robust Java ML Models with Entropy
Offered by Coursera
This comprehensive course teaches students to build machine learning models using Java, with focused emphasis on entropy as the mathematical foundation for intelligent decision-making algorithms. Students implement entro...
$49.00listed price -
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Migrate Existing Prometheus Monitoring Workloads to Google Cloud
Offered by Google Cloud
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. In this lab, you will explore how to use Managed Service for Prometheus in a self-deployed data collection mode. You can also utilize managed data co...
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Preparing for the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer Exam em Português Brasileiro
Offered by Google Cloud
Por que fazer o curso: "A melhor forma de se preparar para o exame é ser competente nas habilidades necessárias ao trabalho." Este curso usa uma abordagem "top-down". Ele identifica as habilidades que você já tem e apres...
$49.00listed price
Best Lab Exercises Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Python, Bash and SQL Essentials for Data Engineering | Coursera | Duke University | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Java as a Second Language | Coursera | LearnQuest | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Introduction to Java as a Second Language | Coursera | LearnQuest | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Build Robust Java ML Models with Entropy | Coursera | Coursera | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Migrate Existing Prometheus Monitoring Workloads to Google Cloud | Coursera | Google Cloud | $9.99 | View → |
| 6 | Preparing for the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer Exam em Port... | Coursera | Google Cloud | $49.00 | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 6 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $49.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $39.01. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 1 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Duke University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Courses versus exam preparation
1 of the entries here are built around a certification exam rather than teaching Lab Exercises from scratch. They are the right choice only if you already know the material and want to pass a specific exam; if you are starting out, pick one of the taught courses first and come back to exam preparation afterwards.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 31 August 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.