Researching the efficacy of online learning: A collaborative effort amongst scholars in Asian open universities

Open Learning

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-264

  Zhang, Wei Yuan ^a   Perris, Kirk ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Distance education; Online courses; Open universities; Web based instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744540394     PISSN: 02680513     EISSN: 14699958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268051042000280110     Document Type: Article

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