Providing Online Textbooks to the Developing World

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Main Author:	Foster, Andrea L.
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	2008
Subjects:	Information Technology Foreign Countries Developing Nations Textbook Publication Electronic Publishing Electronic Libraries Access to Information Technical Assistance Program Development
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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