Recurring issues encountered by distance educators in developing and emerging nations

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wright, Clayton R ^a   Dhanarajan, Gajaraj ^b   Reju, Sunday A ^c  

^a Wawasan Open University ^*

^b WAWASAN OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Distance education; E learning; Emerging countries; Online learning; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955798170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v10i1.608     Document Type: Article

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