Distance higher education experiences of Arab Gulf students in the United States: A cultural perspective

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Al Harthi, Aisha S ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Arab students; Culture; Distance education; Gender; Online

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744482452     PISSN: 14923831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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