This unique and comprehensive overview of open and distance education is written by one of the best known names in the field. It integrates historical, contemporary and future aspects of distance education. Packed with international case studies, it goes beyond looking at the methods and technology of distance education, giving Otto Peters' renowned visions on the sociological and social impacts of distance education.

Now published in paperback for the first time, this new edition includes a new section on virtual universities. A major contribution to thinking on open and distance education, this new edition will reach an even wider audience.

Introduction

1-Taking stock

2- Distance and proximity

3- Three constitutive concepts

4- The three concepts in practice

5- Modifying concepts

6- Digital information and communication

7- Teaching and learning models specific to institutions

8- Analyses and perspectives

Stations on the road from written to digitalized teaching text

Otto Peters: Dr. Otto Peters is the Founding Rector and professor emeritus at the FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany. He has made contributions to the conceptual development of distance education. His main theory was called The Industrial Model.

Cite: Peters, O. (2013). Learning and teaching in distance education: Analyses and interpretations from an international perspective. Routledge.