Economics of Distance and Online Learning

Chapter 1: Organizational and Cost Structures for Distance and Online Learning, William J. Bramble and Santosh Panda Chapter 2: Changing Distance Education and Changing Organizational Issues, D. Randy Garrison and Heather Kanuka Chapter 3: Online Learning and the University, Chris Curran Chapter 4: Virtual Schooling and Basic Education, Thomas Clark Chapter 5: Historical Perspectives on Distance Education in the United States, Paul J. Edelson and Von Pittman Chapter 6: Funding of Distance and Online Learning in the United States, Mark J. Smith and William J. Bramble Chapter 7: Funding Distance Education: A Regional Perspective, Santosh Panda and Ashok Gaba Chapter 8: Costs and Quality of Online Learning, Alistair Inglis Chapter 9: Costing Virtual University Education, Insung Jung Chapter 10: Cost-Benefit of Student Retention Policies and Practice, Ormond Simpson Chapter 11: Cost-Benefit of Online Learning, Zane L. Berge and Charlotte Donaldson Chapter 12: Transforming Workplace Learning: The Role of Embedded Learning in Creating a Competitive Workforce, Jade Nguyen Strattner and Diana Oblinger Chapter 13: Open Basic Education: Organizational Structures, Costs, and Benefits, Palitha Edirisingha Chapter 14: From Baobab to Bonsai: Revisiting Methodological Issues in the Costs and Economics of Distance Education and Distributed e-Learning, Thomas Huelsmann Chapter 15: Implications for Planning and Management of Distance and Online Learning, William Bramble and Santosh Panda