Open educational resources: Education for the world?

Distance Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-219

  Richter, Thomas ^a   McPherson, Maggie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptability; developing countries; educational gap; foreign aid; illiterates; OER

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864676068     PISSN: 01587919     EISSN: 14750198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01587919.2012.692068     Document Type: Article

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