Description
| Summary: | "Despite the massive potential of distance learning on the World Wide Web, the field of distance training is little known or understood. Distance Training: Taking stock at a time of change provides a means to that understanding. It: presents research into four models of distance education, into which it claimed nearly all provision worldwide falls; provides a global overview of distance education and training; examines case studies of distance education establishments providing insight into their structure and advantages; challenges the premise that distance training lacks academic excellence and status; appraises the role of distance education as a tool for employers to provide more effective and efficient training for employees." "Born in the nineteenth century, distance training came of age in the twentieth century. Desmond Keegan presents an overview of distance training from inception and looks forward to the innovations of the future."--Jacket
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 152 pages) : illustrations |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-149) and index. |
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| ISBN: | 0203165780
9780203165782
0415230659
9780415230650
9780415230667
0415230667
9786610106189
6610106185
9781134580972
1134580975
9781134580927
1134580924
9781134580965
1134580967
0787943134
9780787943134
0203280539
9780203280539
1280106182
9781280106187 |
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| Language: | English. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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