Open Doors Group, AcademicPub, and PM World Announce a New MOOC: Project Management for All Careers

Have you ever needed to accomplish a project but had no experience as a project manager? In this course, you will learn just what you need to successfully manage a project.
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Nov. 9, 2013 - PRLog -- PM World, Open Doors Group, and Academic Pub today announced a Massive Open Online Course for Accidental Project Managers. Using the popular book, Project Management Skills for All Careers, the MOOC will cover key aspects of project management for people finding themselves in projects as leaders and members but with little project management knowledge or skills. The course will begin on November 18, 2013 and run through January 12, 2014.

To register for this free course, interested parties can visit the Canvas Network
https://www.canvas.net/courses/project-management-skills-for-all-careers

The course is led by a team of experts in project management; AgileBill Krebs has over 20 years of experience as a developer, performance engineer, and consultant, including work at IBM, Davisbase, and in the healthcare field.

Carl Rand is an independent project management consultant and educator based in the San Francisco Bay area who has worked for major corporations, including CA Technologies, NetApp, Intuit, Nortel Networks, Visa International, and IBM.

Suganthi Alagumalai has over 18 years of international experience as a developer, tester, QA manager, project manager, and Scrum master, including work in India and the United States. She has a wide range of experience in networking, healthcare, and banking and has worked for companies, including Cisco, Humana, American Express, and Kaiser

John Donelan is a senior technology specialist with experience and expertise in data center management, software development, program/project management, budgeting and building/managing diverse teams.

Ali Daimee is a Senior Project / Program Management professional with track record in organizing and directing over 25 multi-discipline global teams implementing 50+ complex embedded systems, enterprise applications and consumer electronics projects with high success rate.

In addition to learning just what you need to manage a project, participants will benefit from the wide range of experiences from these talented individuals.

A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) allows participants to study an area without leaving the comfort of their homes or the convenience of their desks. If a participant is unable to catch a session as it occurs, the sessions are recorded so that they can be viewed them at a convenient time. This ability to access and review course material from highly qualified instructors means that participants also have the ability to go back and review a session if they need to clarify something for an assignment.

The book for the course, Project Management Skills for All Careers, is available as an e-book ($16.95) or bound copy (Black and White bound $30.91 or Color bound $44.75). It can be purchased at
http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/opentextbookcontent/featured-project-management-skills-for-all-careers

This MOOC is sponsored by AcademicPub, Open Doors Group, and PM World.

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