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JORDAN: HIGHER EDUCATION ALTERNATIVES GAINING STEAM.(Brief Article)
IPR Strategic Business Information Database, January, 2003
According to "Jordan Times", open education has been gaining steam lately with the recent opening of the Arab Open University, and education officials are planning to examine the effectiveness of this growing educational trend later this year. Open education allows people to take classes from home and is usually targeted towards older people like mothers who cannot leave their home or business people who cannot afford to give up their job for school.
Education officials plan to hold a conference later this year to examine the pros and cons of open education, which is a mixture of tutoring and home study. Kamal said open education is one of several alternatives to traditional higher education that are gaining in popularity, such as learning over the...
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