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MOOCs for development: The COL experience
Kanwar, Asha

PublishedJune 2016
PeriodicalPages 1-36
PublisherCommonwealth of Learning (COL)
CountryCanada, North America

ABSTRACT
Presented at the official launch of the publication "Making Sense of MOOCs: A Guide for Policy Makers in Developing Countries" at UNESCO, Paris, France, 16 June 2016 by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning.

Keywords developing country policy · government policy · mobile learning · MOOC · MOOC quality · MOOCs for Agriculture

RefereedDoes not apply
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/11599/2355
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