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Postmodernity has created an era of change, within which adult education is called to respond to a wide range of new socio-cultural, political, and economic phenomena (Hajisoteriou & Angelides, 2016). Following this observation, we might argue that the epochal dimensions of this new era, such as globalisation, wide scale human migration, and global recession, have put an increased pressure on countries around the world to build successful adult education and lifelong learning policies and strategies for various reasons including social cohesion, economic development.
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Hajisoteriou, C. (2017). Adult Education in Cyprus. In: Koulaouzides, G.A., Popović, K. (eds) Adult Education and Lifelong Learning in Southeastern Europe. International Issues In adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-173-5_8
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