Open and distance education as a strategy for human capital development in Nigeria

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-130

  Olakulehin, Felix Kayode ^a  

^a NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Distance education; Human capital; Open and distance learning; Open universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865801549     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680510802051939     Document Type: Article

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