Ed Tittel for Tom’s It Pros writes (excerpted) : An online education phenomenon is reshaping the training landscape as we know it. It’s based on free online training courses called MOOCs, short for Massively Online Open Courses. These are based on open, high-volume, high-capacity cloud-based training platforms such as edX, moodle, COURSEsites, Udemy and versal, among others. While monetization of training is possible on some of these platforms, by definition, a MOOC is supposed to be free for the taking. Organizations or institutions that offer such free courses can still ask for fees for testing, certificates of completion, and other add-ons or nice-to-haves, but the basic course material is free to all interested parties. Here’s a short list of some of the best of those offerings:
Cybrary Course CYB-2010: Project Management Professional : Professional instructor Vincent McKeown delivers a 10-module series of video lectures, each of which maps to a domain in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) for the PMI PMP certification. At 5:16 in length, the course is not incredibly detailed or extensive, but it does provide a useful orientation for those just getting started on the subject matter.
ALISON: Diploma in Project Management : With more than 284,000 students having either taken or now taking this course, this MOOC has seen some serious traction to mostly positive reviews. With 28 modules, including about a dozen case studies for analysis and review, it takes from 6 to 10 hours to complete this course of study. While it does not map directly to the PMP or other project management credentials, it does provide a useful introduction to the subject matter. SNIP, click here to continue reading the article @ Tom’s IT Pros… [end]
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