MOOCs: A systematic study of the published literature 2008-2012

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 202-227

  Liyanagunawardena, Tharindu Rekha ^a   Adams, Andrew Alexandar ^b   Williams, Shirley Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connectivism; Massive open online course; Massively open online course; MOOC; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884385908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v14i3.1455     Document Type: Article

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