ICTs in Chinese Distance Higher Education: Increased Opportunities and Continuous Challenges
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The Chinese higher education system is the largest in the world, but distance education, using information communication technologies (ICTs), started later than in developed countries. In this paper, the author examines the benefits of education to human development and provides an overview of the recent development of distance higher education in China. The potential for further developing distance higher education with ICTs is considered. In addition, challenges are discussed and recommendations are made to improve Chinese distance higher education. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0047-8.ch012
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- IJICTHD
دوره 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010