Open Education: Introduction to selected papers
| Published | June 2017 |
| Type of work | Editorial |
| Journal | Open Praxis Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 121–123 |
| Publisher | International Council for Open and Distance Education |
ABSTRACT
This issue of Open Praxis compiles selected papers presented at the Open Education Consortium Global Conference, held in Cape Town (South Africa) on March 8-10, 2017. Additionaly, the Innovative Practice section includes three papers.| Keywords | distance education · eLearning · higher education · MOOC · OER · online education · open education · open educational practice · service learning · teacher education · university |
| ISSN | 2304-070X |
| Other number | 2 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | by/4.0 |
| DOI | 10.5944/openpraxis.9.2.657 |
| URL | https://www.openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/657 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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