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Three attributes of online courses were described in the article: the communication, the structure and the organization, which values characterize every course. All acceptable values of these parameters where outlined as well as a usefulness of this taxonomy for classification of vocational courses was examined.
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Rudak, L., Sidor, D. (2010). Taxonomy of E-courses. In: Iskander, M., Kapila, V., Karim, M. (eds) Technological Developments in Education and Automation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3656-8_51
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