The role of distance education in higher education in contemporary China

Higher Education Reform in China: Beyond the expansion

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 48-65

  Robinson, Bernadette ^a,b   Yan, Shuoqin ^c   Mo, Shukun ^d  

^a School of Education   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c The Open University of China   (China)

^d Inner Mongolia Provincial Radio and TV University   (China)

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EID: 84875230656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
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