Employers’ Perception and Expectations of Professional Competency of Distance Learning Graduates: A Tracer Study of Nursing Graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN)
By: Dorothy Ofoha and Onyeka Iwuchukwu
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.10.3.796 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X
Language: English
Page range: 265 - 278
Submitted on: Mar 28, 2018
Accepted on: Jun 26, 2018
Published on: Jul 1, 2018
Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2018 Dorothy Ofoha, Onyeka Iwuchukwu, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
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