Setting-up a European cross-provider data collection on open online courses

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 62-77

  Kalz, Marco ^a   Kreijns, Karel ^a   Walhout, Jaap ^a   Castaño Munoz, Jonatan ^b   Espasa, Anna ^c   Tovar, Edmundo ^d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 84950299273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v16i6.2150     Document Type: Article

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