Assumptions and challenges of open scholarship

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 166-189

  Veletsianos, George ^a   Kimmons, Royce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital scholarship; Open scholarship; Openness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869400980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v13i4.1313     Document Type: Article

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