MSU explores the impact of the 2014 Winter Olympics with free MOOC

Billions of people tune into the Olympics to watch the greatest athletes from around the world compete in many different sports.

Published: January 29, 2014By: The Association of American Geographers

Billions of people tune into the Olympics to watch the greatest athletes from around the world compete in many different sports. But beyond the spectacle of the Olympic Games themselves, mega events like the Olympics have a far greater cultural, societal and economic impact lasting well beyond the short-term event itself.

Mark Wilson, a professor of Urban & Regional Planning (URP) in the Michigan State University School of Planning, Design and Construction (SPDC) and the Director of SPDC Global; Dr. Eva Kassens-Noor, Assistant Professor of URP and the Global Urban Studies Program; and Lisa Robinson, head of metadata management for MSU Libraries, will explore those deeper impacts during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi with a free five-week Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) entitled, Mega Events: Inside the Winter Olympics.

To learn more or to register for the course, visit: https://www.canvas.net/courses/mega-events-inside-the-winter-olympics.

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