Approaches to the validation of quality frameworks for e-learning

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 347-362

  Inglis, Alistair ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

E learning; Modelling; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049095204     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880810906490     Document Type: Article

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