Reasons for student discontinuation in engineering degree courses offered at a distance

Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 74-86

  Anbahan, S Ariadurai ^a   Manohanthan, Rajalingam ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Discontinuation; Distance education; Drop out; Engineering; Non completion

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749113459     PISSN: 13026488     EISSN: 13026488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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