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Book Review: Adoption and impact of OER in the Global South
Kirk Perris

PublishedJuly 2018
Type of workBook Review
JournalJournal of Learning for Development
Volume 5, Issue 2, Pages 179-182
PublisherCommonwealth of Learning
CountryCanada, North America

Keywords OER

Published atBurnaby, British Columbia
ISSN2311-1550
RefereedYes
RightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
URLhttp://www.jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/298
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