Economics of distance and online learning [ theory, practice, and research
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge ,
c2008
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Organizational and cost structures for distance and online learning
- 2. Changing distance education and changing organizational issues
- 3. Online learning and the university
- 4. Virtual schooling and basic education
- 5. Historical perspectives on distance education in the United States
- 6. Funding of distance and online learning in the United States
- 7. Funding distance education : a regional perspective
- 8. Costs and quality of online learning -9. Costing virtual university education
- 10. Cost-benefit of student retention policies and practice
- 11. Cost-benefit of online learning
- 12. Transforming workplace learning : the role of embedded learning in creating a competitive workforce
- 13. Open basic education : organizational structures, costs, and benefits
- 14. From baobab to bonsai : revisiting methodological issues in the costs and economics of distance education and distributed e-learning
- 15. Implications for planning and management of distance and online learning