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Editorial: Massive open online courses (MOOCs): Disrupting teaching and learning practices in higher education
Ng'ambi, Dick and Bozalek, Vivienne

PublishedMay 2016
Type of workSpecial Issue: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): ‘disrupting’ teaching and learning practices in higher education
JournalBritish Journal of Educational Technology
Volume 46, Issue 3, Pages 451–454
PublisherWiley-Blackwell

Keywords MOOC

Other number3
RefereedYes
Rights© British Educational Research Association
DOI10.1111/bjet.12281
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