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The Distance Education Evolution: Issues and Case Studies.
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Technical Communication
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August 1, 2005
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- Hernandez, Gary
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The Distance Education Evolution: Issues and Case Studies
Dominique Monolescu, Catherine Schifter, and Linda Greenwood, eds. 2004. Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing. [ISBN 1-59140-224-7. 326 pages, including index. $59.95 USD (softcover).]
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The objective of The distance education evolution, in the words of Linda Greenwood, is to "provide educators, administrators, and students with a way to gain some perspective on distance education and to evaluate both its strengths and weaknesses" (p. vii). Generally speaking, the volume achieves its goal. The book, however, is not be taken as a definitive collection of the latest thinking in a ...