Quality review in distance learning: Policy and practice in five countries

Tertiary Education and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-58

  Middlehurst, Robin ^a   Woodfield, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33144477791     PISSN: 13583883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11233-005-4072-5     Document Type: Review

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