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    Practices and Problems of Distance Education Implementation: The Case of Open 2020 University College
    (Addis Ababa University, 2010-06) Hailu, Muleta; Adugna, Getachew (PhD)
    The Purpose of this study was to find out the practices and problems of distance education implementation: The study conducted with reference to open 2020 University college, Adama center. A qualitative case study method was used; interview, observation document analysis were employed for gathering data while learners, tutors center coordinators and document were taken as source of data. Then the collected data have been analyzed interoperated and the major findings of the study were presented. Accordingly, distance education program, has enabled distance learners to access to education who otherwise couldn't join the higher institutions regular program due to various reasons. However, during the conduct of the distance program, many problems such as absence of various reference materials, facilities, loose communication, learners' financial constraints inconvenience of tutorial center, inflexible schedule of tutorial session, absent from tutorial session, lack of orientation, difficulty with distance materials, insufficient support serVIce and lack of employing different instructional media were observed. Lastly, same important points of the study were summarized and conclusions were drown from it about implementation of distance program. At the end some recommendation were made for observed problems of distance program. I