Open Education Faculty and Distance Education Students’ Dropout Reasons: the Case of a Turkish State University
By: Münevver Gündüz and Selçuk Karaman
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.12.1.970 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X
Language: English
Page range: 7 - 25
Submitted on: Mar 20, 2019
Accepted on: Nov 29, 2019
Published on: Mar 31, 2019
Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
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© 2019 Münevver Gündüz, Selçuk Karaman, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
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