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Commonwealth of Learning, 2004
Ideological arguments are made for open learning, economic ones for distance education. If it can produce similar results to those of conventional education at a lower cost, then distance education has a powerful appeal. With increasing demand for access to educational opportunities at all levels, and often decreasing budgets in real terms for…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning