Distance education and Mega-Universities

O. M. Karpenko

Computer Science and Information Technologies, Computer Science and Information Technologies 2010

O. M. Karpenko

Last modified: 2021-03-29

Abstract

The practice of Russia’s mega-university – Modern University for the Humanities (MUH) – numbering 160 000 students from all regions of Russia, and also from the CIS countries, Bulgaria, Greece etc., illustrates the new opportunities and challenges of distance education on an international scale.

Keywords

Mega-universities; MUH; Distance education

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