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Social Justice and K-12 Teachers’ Effective Use of OER: A Cross-Cultural Comparison by Nations Cover

Social Justice and K-12 Teachers’ Effective Use of OER: A Cross-Cultural Comparison by Nations

By: Hengtao Tang and  Yu Bao  
Open Access
|May 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.576 | Journal eISSN: 1365-893X
Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 3, 2020
Accepted on: Apr 3, 2020
Published on: May 11, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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