THE DEMAND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN TURKEY AND OPEN EDUCATION

ABSTRACT Failure to meet considerably high demand for higher education in Turkey has always been one of the most significant concerns of Turkish Higher Education System for many years. In this respect, Anadolu University Open Education Faculty has played a significant role in the attempts to overcome this problem in Turkey for the last three decades. In this study, the development of the demand for higher education in Turkey and that of the open education system in parallel with this demand are examined and the specific reasons why this system is preferred by the students enrolled in the system are analyzed and the results obtained are evaluated from a scientific point of view