Making Distance Education Work: Understanding Learning and Learners At a Distance

An essential reference for those about to create a distance education program, those who currently conduct distance education programs, and – most importantly – learners who are considering the challenge of learning at a distance. Making Distance Education Work: Understanding Learning and Learners At a Distance brings together a learner-focused collection of writings that moves from understanding the basic principles of distance education, to clarifications of who distance education learners are, to examples of learner-focused distance education programs in practice.