Do the philosophical foundations of online learning disadvantage non-Western students?

Globalized E-Learning Cultural Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 116-129

  Catterick, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 52949124137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-301-2.ch007     Document Type: Chapter

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