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1. Introduction to Open Education: Towards a Human Rights Theory

  • Patrick Blessinger(author)
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Title1. Introduction to Open Education: Towards a Human Rights Theory
ContributorPatrick Blessinger(author)
TJ Bliss (author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0103.01
Landing pagehttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0103/chapters/10.11647/obp.0103.01
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
CopyrightPatrick Blessinger; TJ Bliss
PublisherOpen Book Publishers
Published on2016-12-19
Page rangepp. 11-30
Print length19 pages
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