Massive open online courses in chemistry: A comparative overview of platforms and features

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1533-1539

  Leontyev, Alexey ^a   Baranov, Dmitry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing Education; Curriculum; Distance Learning Self Instruction; General Public; Internet Web Based Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887567305     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed400283x     Document Type: Review

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