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The aim of current research is to investigate the impact of e-learning on the performance of accounting students at universities in the Kingdom of Bahrain. A questionnaire was distributed to accounting employees and students. The results indicated that e-learning enhancing students’ performance and their employability skills. This study recommends that the higher education institutions of the Kingdom of Bahrain expand the e-learning context and connect learners with accounting professions.
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Musleh Al-Sartawi, A.M.A. (2020). E-Learning Improves Accounting Education: Case of the Higher Education Sector of Bahrain. In: Themistocleous, M., Papadaki, M., Kamal, M.M. (eds) Information Systems. EMCIS 2020. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 402. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63396-7_20
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