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Are MOOCs Open Educational Resources? A literature review on history, definitions and typologies of OER and MOOCs Cover

Are MOOCs Open Educational Resources? A literature review on history, definitions and typologies of OER and MOOCs

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|Dec 2019

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Language: English
Page range: 331 - 341
Submitted on: Jul 23, 2019
Accepted on: Oct 7, 2019
Published on: Dec 31, 2019
Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2019 Christian M. Stracke, Stephen Downes, Grainne Conole, Daniel Burgos, Fabio Nascimbeni, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
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