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Is Participating in MOOC Forums Important for Students? A Data-driven Study from the Perspective of the Supernetwork

By: Chaocheng He,  Panhao Ma,  Lusha Zhou and  Jiang Wu  
Open Access
|Jun 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2018-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2543-683X | Journal ISSN: 2096-157X
Language: English
Page range: 62 - 77
Submitted on: Dec 16, 2017
Accepted on: Mar 22, 2018
Published on: Jun 22, 2018
Published by: Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Library
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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