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MOOCs as a Method of Distance Education in the Arab World – A Review Paper Cover

MOOCs as a Method of Distance Education in the Arab World – A Review Paper

European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning
Volume 18 (2015): Issue 1
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|Sep 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eurodl-2015-0009 | Journal eISSN: 1027-5207
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Language: English
Page range: 123 - 138
Published on: Sep 23, 2015
Published by: EDEN Digital Learning Europe
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Online learning,
MOOC,
Massive Open Online Course,
background,
the Arab world,
aspects of MOOCs

© 2015 Raniah Samir Adham, Karsten Oster Lundqvist, published by EDEN Digital Learning Europe
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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