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Interest in the development and use of web-based learning in higher education and teacher education has been steadily increasing around the world for the last 30 years (Dabbagh & Kitsantas, 2004). However, unless the quality of web-based learning programs show reasonable gains in achieving stated goals, suspicions about the functions and viabilities of these programs cannot be eliminated (Rovai, 2003).
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Law, E.HF., Li, C., Yang, Y., Huang, J. (2013). Web-Based Program for In-Service Teachers of Shenzhen City in Mainland China. In: Law, E.HF., Li, C. (eds) Curriculum Innovations in Changing Societies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-359-1_22
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