Resource requirements and costs of developing and delivering MOOCs

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 113-133

  Hollands, Fiona M ^a   Tirthali, Devayani ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Higher education; Online learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908622139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v15i5.1901     Document Type: Article

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