CMOOCS and global learning: An authentic alternative

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-147

  Yeager, Carol ^a   Hurley Dasgupta, Betty ^a   Bliss, Catherine A ^b  

^a SUNY EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivism; Creativity; International education; Metaliteracy; MOOC; Multiculturalism; OER; Open learning; Personal learning networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881054539     PISSN: 19395256     EISSN: 10928235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24059/olj.v17i2.347     Document Type: Article

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