Distance learning - Open educational resources: reasons to be cheerful?
Yair, Yoev

PublishedDecember 2014
JournalACM Inroads
Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 37-38
PublisherACM
CountryUnited States, North America


Published atNew York
ISSN2153-2184
RightsCopyright held by author
DOI10.1145/2684721.2684729
URLhttps://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2684721.2684729
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