Unpacking MOOC scholarly discourse: A review of nascent MOOC scholarship

Learning, Media and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 328-345

  Ebben, Maureen ^a   Murphy, Julien S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; cognitive behaviorism; Connectivism; learning analytics; MOOCS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901314835     PISSN: 17439884     EISSN: 17439892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439884.2013.878352     Document Type: Article

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