Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda

Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda
ISBN-10
1927356628
ISBN-13
9781927356623
Category
Education
Pages
520
Language
English
Published
2014-06-01
Publisher
Athabasca University Press
Authors
Terry Anderson, Olaf Zawacki-Richter

Description

Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda offers a systematic overview of the major issues, trends, and areas of priority in online distance education research. In each chapter, an international expert or team of experts provides an overview of one timely issue in online distance education, summarizing major research on the topic, discussing theoretical insights that guide the research, posing questions and directions for future research, and discussing the implications for distance education practice as a whole. Intended as a primary reference and guide for distance educators, researchers, and policymakers, Online Distance Education addresses aspects of distance education practice that have often been marginalized, including issues of cost and economics, concerns surrounding social justice, cultural bias, the need for faculty professional development, and the management and growth of learner communities. At once soundly empirical and thoughtfully reflective, yet also forward-looking and open to new approaches to online and distance teaching, this text is a solid resource for researchers in a rapidly expanding discipline.

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