Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS): Emerging trends in assessment and accreditation

Digital Education Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-18

  Chauhan, Amit ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment and evaluation; Automated assessments; Automated feedback; Automated grading; Learning and achievement; MOOCs; Smart systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904125506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20139144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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