[go: up one dir, main page]
More Web Proxy on the site http://driver.im/
Skip to main content
Springer Nature Link
Log in

Developing Countries: Moocs in the Developing World: Hope or Hype?

International Higher Education, Spring 2015, Number 80

  • Chapter
Understanding Global Higher Education

Part of the book series: Global Perspectives on Higher Education ((GPHE))

Abstract

The first university class to carry the unwieldy acronym of the massive open online course (MOOC) was created in 2008 at the University of Manitoba.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Subscribe and save

Springer+ Basic
£29.99 /Month
  • Get 10 units per month
  • Download Article/Chapter or eBook
  • 1 Unit = 1 Article or 1 Chapter
  • Cancel anytime
Subscribe now

Buy Now

Chapter
GBP 19.95
Price includes VAT (United Kingdom)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
GBP 30.99
Price includes VAT (United Kingdom)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

Authors
  1. Ben Wildavsky
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA

    Georgiana Mihut

  2. Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA

    Philip G. Altbach

  3. Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA

    Hans de Wit

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2017 Sense Publishers

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Wildavsky, B. (2017). Developing Countries: Moocs in the Developing World: Hope or Hype?. In: Mihut, G., Altbach, P.G., Wit, H.d. (eds) Understanding Global Higher Education. Global Perspectives on Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-044-8_35

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-044-8_35

  • Publisher Name: SensePublishers, Rotterdam

  • Online ISBN: 978-94-6351-044-8

  • eBook Packages: EducationEducation (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation