Human Resource Development and Lifelong Learning for Open Universities
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2018-10-26Abstract
Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning, at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities, 26 October 2018. Co-written with Dr Sanjaya Mishra, Education Specialist: eLearning, COL.
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