Encyclopaedia of Distance and Continuing Education; 4 Volumes
Mills, J.
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Book ID : 29374
ISBN-10 : 81-261-2289-7 / 8126122897
ISBN-13 : 978-81-261-2289-9 / 9788126122899
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2014
Edition : (Reprint)
Language : English
23 cm.
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
This encyclopaedia deals briefly with the origin, evolution and development of distance and continuing education in India and abroad. The case study of school education through distance education and networking is dealt in detail. Online education system is discussed in detail with focus on all concerned elements and factors responsible. The operating open universities, globally and nationally, and their distance-education programmes is presented. The advantages of e-learning is enumerated briefly. So is the detail about various learning technologies including the online-learning. This encyclopaedia will prove itself it as a complete reference book on distance and continuing education. Besides, it is user-friendly and supported with considerable list of glossary of important terms, acronyms/abbreviations exhaustive bibliography and useful index. It will also be considerable use for further research in the area. In sum, this encyclopaedia touches briefly on all important aspects of distance, continuing and open education systems and sub-systems. It gives readers an all-round perspective on the said subject.
