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This chapter describes the contexts of workplace learning and e-learning and outlines the challenges of e-learning in the workplace, in addition to an overview of the monograph and its main contribution.
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Wang, M. (2018). Introduction. In: E-Learning in the Workplace. Explorations in the Learning Sciences, Instructional Systems and Performance Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64532-2_1
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