Quality assurance in online education: The Universitas 21 Global approach

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 133-152

  Chua, Alton ^a,c   Lam, Wing ^b,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Information Systems Management   (Singapore)

^c Universitas 21 Global   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURSEWARE DEVELOPMENT; FACULTY RECRUITMENT; ONLINE EDUCATION;

DISTANCE EDUCATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 33846026725     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2006.00652.x     Document Type: Review

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