Motivation levels among traditional and open learning undergraduate students in India

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 19-40

  Singh, Shashi ^a   Singh, Ajay ^a   Singh, Kiran ^b  

^a MEERUT INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Academic motivation; Open education system; Survey; Traditional education system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865308479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v13i3.1050     Document Type: Article

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