<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Students perceptions of service quality in the open and distance learning institution"^^ . "The Malaysian economy experienced an economic boom in the mid-1990s. At the same time, \r\nthe demand for higher education increased tremendously. In 2005, there were more than 18 \r\npublic universities and 27 private universities and university colleges in Malaysia and more \r\nthan 500 private colleges offering a variety of courses ranging from the certificate level to the \r\ndegree level. Some of these institutions offered their own diplomas or degrees and others work \r\nin collaboration with local or foreign colleges and universities. \r\n \r\nTwo main factors have contributed to the growth of higher education in Malaysia, namely the \r\neconomic slowdown as a result of the Asian crisis, and the democratization of education by the \r\nMalaysian government. The rapid development of tertiary institutions in the country was \r\nmainly dominated by the traditional mode of learning, namely the face-to-face education. \r\nHowever, with the advent of the internet era, the demand for higher education increased and \r\nmore flexible approaches to learning, namely the open and distance learning was seen as a \r\npractical mode in getting higher education today. Consequently, two institutions were \r\nestablished to provide such learning modes, Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (Unitar) and Open \r\nUniversity Malaysia. \r\n \r\nOpen University Malaysia (OUM) was established in August 2000 as a substitute to the many \r\ndistance learning programs provided by the public universities at that time. It is believed that \r\npublic universities should focus on the traditional face-to-face mode of learning and a separate \r\ninstitution should be established to focus the development of education through the new \r\ntechnological modes of learning. Consequently, a consortium of 11 public universities in \r\nMalaysia agreed to establish METEOR Sdn Bhd, (a holding company owned by the public \r\nuniversities), and the Ministry of Education invited METEOR to form the Open University \r\nMalaysia. Since then, more than 41 types of diploma and degree programs have been launched \r\nwith a total enrollment of about 38,000 students in January 2006. "^^ . "2005" . . . "Open University Malaysia (OUM)"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Abdul Rashid"^^ . "Md Zabid"^^ . "Abdul Rashid Md Zabid"^^ . . "Harun"^^ . "Hairuddin "^^ . "Harun Hairuddin "^^ . . "Open University Malaysia (OUM)"^^ . . . . . . . "Students perceptions of service quality in the open and distance learning institution (PDF)"^^ . . . . "HTML Summary of #389 \n\nStudents perceptions of service quality in the open and distance learning institution\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education"@en . .