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Coursera's MLClass with Andrew Ng is pretty famous for making machine learning approachable for the masses. If the new content is for-pay you may be able to find older versions for free.
Instruction uses Octave (similar to R) and introduces you to the same concepts Python's trying to get you to do (like massive pattern application with very little coding) using efficient, carefully explained one-concept-at-a-time math.