Economics of distance and online learning
Subtitle: theory, practice, and research
By: edited by William J. Bramble and Santosh Panda.
Contributors: Bramble, William J.; Panda, Santosh K. 1959-.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780415963886; 9780415963893
Subjects: Distance education -- Costs; Computer-assisted instruction -- Costs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Organizational and cost structures for distance and online learning / William J. Bramble and Santosh Panda; title: Changing distance education and changing organizational issues / D. Randy Garrison and Heather Kanuka; title: Online learning and the university / Chris Curran; title: Virtual schooling and basic education / Thomas Clark; title: Historical perspectives on distance education in the United States / Paul J. Edelson and Von V. Pittman; title: Funding of distance and online learning in the United States / Mark J. Smith and William J. Bramble; title: Funding distance education : a regional perspective / Santosh Panda and Ashok Gaba; title: Costs and quality of online learning / Alistair Inglis; title: Costing virtual university education / Insung Jung; title: Cost-benefit of student retention policies and practice / Ormond Simpson; title: Cost-benefit of online learning / Zane L. Berge and Charlotte Donaldson; title: Transforming workplace learning : the role of embedded learning in creating a competitive workforce / Jade Nguyen Strattner and Diana G. Oblinger; title: Open basic education : organizational structures, costs, and benefits / Palitha Edirisingha; title: From baobab to bonsai : revisiting methodological issues in the costs and economics of distance education and distributed e-learning / Thomas Hülsmann; title: Implications for planning and management of distance and online learning / William J. Bramble and Santosh Panda.