Quality and Cost Matter: Students’ Perceptions of Open versus Non-Open Texts through a Single-Blind Review
By: Feng-Ru Sheu and Judy Grissett
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.12.1.1012 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X
Language: English
Page range: 101 - 114
Submitted on: Sep 10, 2019
Accepted on: Jan 28, 2020
Published on: Mar 31, 2019
Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2019 Feng-Ru Sheu, Judy Grissett, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
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