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Week 5: A new classification for MOOCs by Gráinne Conole
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PublishedJune 2014
Type of workweb log
PeriodicalVolume 2015
PublisherMOOC Quality Project, European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning


Other numberSeptember 20, 2015
RefereedDoes not apply
Rightsby/3.0
URLhttp://mooc.efquel.org/a-new-classification-for-moocs-grainne-conole/
Access dateSeptember 20, 2015
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