Open Education, open educational practice and the concept of openness: Issues and challenges
Published | July 2018 |
Type of work | Editorial |
Journal | Journal of Learning for Development Volume 5, Issue 2, Pages 83-86 |
Publisher | Commonwealth of Learning |
Country | United Kingdom, Europe |
Keywords | challenges · OER |
Published at | Burnaby, British Columbia |
ISSN | 2311-1550 |
Refereed | Yes |
Rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
URL | http://www.jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/302 |
Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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