Book review: Open education: From OERs to MOOCs
| Published | April 2017 |
| Type of work | Book review |
| Journal | Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages 208-211 |
| Country | Turkey |
ABSTRACT
The specific focus of this edited book is to point out the core policies, initiatives and international practices of Distance Education in connection with open and free accessed resources. The book aims to provide a roadmap for the existing and possible opportunities for new technologies and educational paradigms within the scope of lifelong learning. Concisely, the book addresses Open Education through the potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) and the new trends of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).| Keywords | book review · MOOC · OER |
| Published at | Eskişehir |
| ISSN | 1302-6488 |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | by-nc-sa/4.0 |
| Other information | TOJDE |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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