In the year of disruptive education
| Published | December 2012 |
| Journal | Communications of the ACM Volume 55, Issue 12, Pages 20 |
ABSTRACT
As college tuitions soar, various online models vie to educate college students worldwide---at no cost.| Keywords | disruptive education · MOOC · online learning · open education |
| ISSN | 10782 |
| Rights | © 2012 ACM 0001-0782/12/12 |
| DOI | 10.1145/2380656.2380664 |
| URL | http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2380664 |
| Other information | Commun. ACM |
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