Critical success factors for successful globalised e-learning

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-109

  Aggarwal, A K ^a,b   Makkonen, Pekka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA MANATEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; E learning; Electronic learning; Globalised issues; Web based education

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; LEARNING; TEACHING;

EID: 57349099470     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2009.021687     Document Type: Article

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