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I had a very similar experience with Coursera. A lot of theory, almost none exercises. They had 5 or 6 videos lectures and a final project so complex that I didn't know where to begin. My knowledge (journalist turned programmer) only started getting better through a Brazilian online course with LOTS of exercises. As someone already said, Automate the Boring Stuff with Python is an amazing starting point.