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Drawing on the challenges of urban expansion and increasing population density facing contemporary Brazil, Shifting Horizons is an interdisciplinary investigation of the treatment of social difference
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Shows hows how to build interactive, fun, and effective online learning programs for any objective or setting. The “father of e-learning” offers his insight on what makes good elearning, particularly
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