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Event Two Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) on Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries

On January 29th 2017 the Alliance Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester (UK) will launch a sequence of two Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) on Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries, taught by Professor DaleWhittington and Dr Duncan Thomas.

Are these MOOCs free to take?

Both MOOCs will be free of charge for all learners who enroll. There are no prerequisites; both MOOCs are open for enrolment by everyone

Are these MOOCs professionally endorsed?

The Global Water Partnership (GWP) has endorsed these two MOOCs, and instructor Prof. Whittington was a member of the GWP Technical Committee.

What are these two MOOCs about?

The two MOOCs can be taken in a sequence, or separately, depending on learners’ interests.

Part 1, sub-titled ‘Understanding Complex Problems’

Part 2, sub-titled ‘Developing Effective Interventions’,

Both MOOCs will run in an ‘on demand session’ format. Sessions for this course are automatically scheduled every 4 weeks on Monday with an enrollment period of 5 days. The first session begins on 01/29/2017.

Fro more details see document attached 

Contact information n/a
Event type Training
File link http://www.efdinitiative.org/news/archive/two-massive-online-open-courses-moocs-water-supply-and-sanitation-policy-developing
File link copy WaterMOOCs-Announcement.pdf (PDF, 150 Kb)
Source efdinitiative
Subject(s) DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT
Geographical coverage United Kingdom,
Address n/a
Organizer Alliance Manchester Business School
Target audience International
Period 29/01/2017
Status Confirmed
Working language(s) ENGLISH
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