Open learning at a distance: Lessons for struggling MOOCs

Science

Volumn 342, Issue 6165, 2013, Pages 1450-1451

  McAndrew, Patrick ^a   Scanlon, Eileen ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; LEARNING; QUALITY CONTROL; STUDENT; TEACHING;

COMPUTER SYSTEM; CURRICULUM; DISABLED PERSON; DISTANCE LEARNING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; VIRTUAL REALITY; EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNIVERSITY; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

EDUCATION, DISTANCE; LEARNING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84890836495     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1239686     Document Type: Review

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