The role of Open Educational Resources in personal learning
| Published | May 2013 |
| Periodical | Chapter 15, Pages 207-222 |
| Publisher | Commonwealth of Learning, Athabasca University |
| Editors | McGreal, Rory · Kinuthia, Wanjira · Marshall, Stewart |
| Keywords | connectivism · MOOC · networks · openness |
| Language | en |
| ISBN | 978-1-894975-62-9 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | by-sa/2.0 |
| URL | https://oerknowledgecloud.org/sites/oerknowledgecloud.org/files/pub_PS_OER-IRP_web.pdf#page=233 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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