China's higher education examinations for self-taught learners

Open Learning

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 3-13

  Latchem, Colin ^a,b   Xinzheng, Lu ^b,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MULTIMEDIA EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c Institute of Higher Education   (China)

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EID: 84909418474     PISSN: 02680513     EISSN: 14699958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268051990140302     Document Type: Article

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