Models of e-learning adopted in the Middle East

Applied Computing and Informatics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-93

  Mirza, Abdulrahman A ^a   Al Abdulkareem, Mohammed ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

E learning; E learning drivers and barriers; Internet penetration; Middle East; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961510696     PISSN: 26341964     EISSN: 22108327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aci.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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