Students Barriers to Online Learning: A factor analytic study

Distance Education

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-48

  Muilenburg, Lin Y ^a,c   Berge, Zane L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 27944490482     PISSN: 01587919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01587910500081269     Document Type: Review

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