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Despite significant investment in computer-based learning in higher education, there is a dearth of current research on administrative strategies for its effective use. Drawing from a national survey of higher education institutions and interviews with administrators, this book addresses key issues of distance learning: Why are higher education institutions pursuing such ventures? How are administration and management practices affected by these motivations? How sho… More >>
Why Distance Learning?: Higher Education Administrative Practices
Why Distance Learning? presents a comprehensive review of literature and other materials in several relevant topics around distance education and distance learning programs in higher education institutions: administration, pedagogy, institutional motivation for participation, and commercialization. Literature in these areas frames the results of Berg’s qualitative and quantitative survey of distance learning administrators, which includes 176 surveys and 17 interviews conducted to describe the current distance learning practices and policies in various higher education settings.
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