Book Review: Adoption and impact of OER in the Global South
| Published | July 2018 |
| Type of work | Book Review |
| Journal | Journal of Learning for Development Volume 5, Issue 2, Pages 179-182 |
| Publisher | Commonwealth of Learning |
| Country | Canada, North America |
| Keywords | OER |
| Published at | Burnaby, British Columbia |
| ISSN | 2311-1550 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
| URL | http://www.jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/298 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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