Opening up education: The collective advancement of education through open technology, open content, and open knowledge
| Published | 2008 |
| Periodical | Chapter Revolutionizing Education through Innovation: Can Openness Transform Teaching and Learning?, Pages 261-275 |
| Publisher | MIT Press |
| Editors | Iiyoshi, Toru and Kumar, M. S. V. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Keywords | challenges · collaboration · higher education · MIT · OpenCourseWare · teacher professional development · textbooks · web 2.0 |
| Published at | London |
| Language | eng |
| ISBN | 978-0-262-03371-8 |
| Rights | by-nc-nd/3.0 |
| URL | http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/sites/default/files/publications/elibrary_pdf_788.pdf |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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