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Will MOOCs kill university degrees?
The Economist

Published2 October 2013
JournalThe Economist

Keywords aMOOC · higher education · innovation · MOOC

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URLhttps://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2013/10/01/will-moocs-kill-university-degrees
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