Exploring MOOC from education and Information Systems perspectives: a short literature review

Educational Review

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 505-518

  Saadatdoost, Robab ^a,b   Sim, Alex Tze Hiang ^b   Jafarkarimi, Hosein ^b,c   Mei Hee, Jee ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

education; information technology; literature review; massive open online courses (MOOCs); NVIVO analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940860415     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2015.1058748     Document Type: Article

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