tailieunhanh - DISTANCE EDUCATION

Education has become the number one demanded commodity for social and economic transformation for both developing and developed economies. Thus the number of persons going and returning to school has become too big to be handled by existing brick and mortar learning institutions. Besides, the majority of lifelong learners do not have the time to become full-time students. Distance education is becoming the solution to the aforementioned challenges. It has been defined as the mode of study where the learner is separated in time and space from the institution and tutors providing the tuition | DISTANCE EDUCATION Edited by Paul Birevu Muyinda Distance Education http 3097 Edited by Paul Birevu Muyinda Contributors Ali Riza Erdem Idowu Biao Mpine E. Makoe Adriana Soares Pereira Sandra Dutra Piovesan Ana Maria Josceanu Raluca Daniela Isopescu Paula Postelnicescu Anca Madalina Dumitrescu Razvan Onofrei Elomar Christina Vieira Castilho Barilli Ana Alice Vilas Boas Thair Hamtini Patricia Aparecida Ferreira Renata Pedretti Morais Furtado Kumiko Aoki Olugbade Oladokun Paul B. Muyinda Jude T. Lubega Kathy Lynch Theo van der Weide Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9 51000 Rijeka Croatia Copyright 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license which allows users to download copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes as long as the author and publisher are properly credited which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech authors have the right to republish it in whole or part in any publication of which they are the author and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials instructions methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Marijan Polic Typesetting InTech Prepress Novi Sad Cover InTech Design Team First published September 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@ .