Learning online: massive open online courses (MOOCs), connectivism, and cultural psychology

Distance Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-136

  Clarà, Marc ^a   Barberà, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

distance education; e learning; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878978057     PISSN: 01587919     EISSN: 14750198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01587919.2013.770428     Document Type: Article

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