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The year of the MOOC
Pappano, Laura

PublishedNovember 2012
PeriodicalVolume 2013
PublisherThe New York Times

Keywords Coursera · edX · higher education · MOOC · Udacity

Languageen
Other number2013-03-14
URLhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/education/edlife/massive-open-online-courses-are-multiplying-at-a-rapid-pace.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Access date2013-03-14
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