edited by Kaye, Anthony Rumble, Greville text xxu Great Britain Open University Press c1981 monographic eng

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342p.: ill, 22cm. Contents: Characteristics of distance-learning systems: Origins and structures -- Students and courses -- Media, materials and learning methods -- The Course subsystem: Activity scheduling -- Production and distribution -- Course creation -- The Student subsystem: Systems for student administration -- Support for student learning -- Assessment in the distance-education situation -- Organisation, administration, planning and finance: Organisation and decision-making -- Planning, control and evaluation -- Economics and cost structures -- Budgetary and resource forecasting -- Pointers to further reading: Some concluding comments -- Institutional profiles. Anthony Kaye and Greville Rumble Includes index. Correspondence schools and courses LC5915.D57 0709904681 121217