A Strategic response to MOOCs: How one European university is approaching the challenge

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 98-115

  Brown, Mark ^a   Costello, Eamon ^a   Donlon, Enda ^a   Giolla Mhichil, Mairead Nic ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

European; Massive open online courses; Platforms; Strategic drivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950263004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v16i6.2151     Document Type: Article

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