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It Depends
It totally depends on what worth means for you.
If you are thinking that just completing a Computer Science or Data Science course on Coursera and displaying a completion certificate on your resume or on LinkedIn will land you a Job then definitely, it's not worth it. But, at the same time, these certifications can put your resume forward to many Recruiters looking for Data scientists.
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A constant learner
A course completion certificate doesn't make you an expert, but it does show that you have completed a course on a particular subject, which means you know about it, and are a constant learner, an essential attribute that hiring managers look out for, while hiring Programmers, Engineers, Developers, and Data Scientists.
Almost 90% of people who start an online course never complete them.
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Different Certifications
You need to remember that a course completion certification is very different from Oracle's Java certification or AWS certification from Amazon, which really tests your skill and then awards your certificate.
The certifications listed above are definitely more valuable than a standard course completion certificate from Udemy, Coursera, edX, Educative, or Udacity.
Coursera or Udacity certificates offered by Google, Microsoft, or Stamford University are much more valuable than a random certificate as these firms enjoy a lot of trust in the public's eye.
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Justify those certificates
It's Ok to not put a certification or a course completion proof on your Resume, but If you have evidence, you must be ready to prove that you have acquired them.
For eg: if you say that you completed The Google Cloud Certification on Coursera but don't know what a compute engine, BigQueury or BigTable is, then you are not sincere and you come of as someone who is just concerned about points on a paper instead of learning skill acquisition
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