Open educational resources
| Published | 2015 |
| Journal | Community Eye Health Journal Volume 28, Issue 90, Pages 34 |
ABSTRACT
Historically, ‘open education’ has involved making education more accessible, whether by lowering cost or by enabling delivery at a distance. In our technological age, open education has become a global sharing of knowledge and ideas through the Internet.| Keywords | education · human resources and training · open access · ophthalmology · training · training materials |
| ISSN | 0953-6833 |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike |
| URL | https://doaj.org/article/d98cb612de474279a20ccc5f8acf7836 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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