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OER in ASIA: The gap between aspirations and practice
Dhanarajan, Gajaraj and Abeywardena, Ishan Sudeera

PublishedOctober 2011
ConferenceXXIV Annual Conference International Council for Distance Education
Pages 1-37
CountryMalaysia, Asia

ABSTRACT
A look at OER: accessibility, copyright awareness, usage, policy and future issues in Asia.

Keywords accessibility · connectivity · copyright · e-learning · policy · technical infrastructure

Published atPenang
Languageeng
Rightsby/3.0
URLhttp://bit.ly/A2HtIl
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