Open educational resources: A review of the literature

Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 781-789

  Wiley, David ^a,b   Bliss, T J ^a   McEwen, Mary ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b David O McKay School of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordability; Open educational resources; Remix; Reuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016981899     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3185-5_63     Document Type: Chapter

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