Strengths and Weaknesses of a New Distance Course Design in Vocational Higher Education

2014-03-20
Uzun, Erman
Özden, Muhammet Yaşar
Yıldırım, Ali

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Citation Formats
E. Uzun, M. Y. Özden, and A. Yıldırım, “Strengths and Weaknesses of a New Distance Course Design in Vocational Higher Education,” Chesapeake, USA, 2014, p. 483, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: http://www.editlib.org/p/130792.