The State of Micro-Credentials Implementation and Practice in Australasian Higher Education
By: Ratna Selvaratnam and Michael Sankey
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.13.2.130 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X
Language: English
Page range: 228 - 238
Submitted on: Jan 11, 2021
Accepted on: Jun 22, 2021
Published on: Oct 20, 2021
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