The Open Courseware Movement in Higher Education: Unmasking Power and Raising Questions about the Movement's Democratic Potential

Educational Theory

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-110

  Rhoads, Robert A ^a   Berdan, Jennifer ^a   Toven Lindsey, Brit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84875837231     PISSN: 00132004     EISSN: 17415446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/edth.12011     Document Type: Article

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