Determining needs and priorities of learners with special needs for support services in an open and distance learning context in Turkey
By: Hakan Genç and Serpil Koçdar
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.12.3.1102 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X
Language: English
Page range: 359 - 382
Submitted on: Mar 1, 2020
Accepted on: Jul 15, 2020
Published on: Sep 30, 2020
Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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