A systematic analysis and synthesis of the empirical MOOC literature published in 2013-2015

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 198-221

  Veletsianos, George ^a,b   Shepherdson, Peter ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Literature analysis and synthesis; MOOC; Online education; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960898496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v17i2.2448     Document Type: Article

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