What are open universities for?

Open Learning

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-93

  Tait, Alan ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Distance education; Higher education; Open universities; Politics of education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951083182     PISSN: 02680513     EISSN: 14699958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680510802051871     Document Type: Article

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