Special report on the role of open educational resources in supporting the sustainable development goal 4: Quality education challenges and opportunities
| Published | November 2017 |
| Type of work | Field Notes |
| Journal | The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Volume 18, Issue 7, Pages 292-305 |
| Country | Canada, North America |
| Keywords | Ethiopia · Indigenous knowledge · Indo-Educa · Maskwacis · MOOCs · OER challenges · OER opportunities · open textbooks · Uganda |
| Published at | Athabasca, AB |
| ISSN | 1492-3831 |
| Other number | 7 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | by/4.0 |
| DOI | 10.19173/irrodl.v18i7.3541 |
| URL | http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/3541 |
| Other information | IRRODL |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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