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		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Student retention in online, open and distance learning [electronic resource] / Ormond Simpson. by Simpson, Ormond Series: Open & flexible learning series Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Routledge, 2003 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Vocational Education and Training Through Open and Distance Learning [electronic resource] / edited by Louise Moran and Greville Rumble by Moran, Louise [ed.] Rumble, Greville [ed.] Series: World review of distance education and open learning ; v.5. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : RoutledgeFalmer, 2004 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Resource-based learning : using open and flexible learning resources for continuous development by Dorrell, Julie Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : McGraw-Hill, 1993 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HF5549.5 .T7 D677R. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Policy for open and distance learning [electronic resource] / edited by Hilary Perraton and Helen Lentell. by Perraton, H. D [ed.] Lentell, Helen, 1951- [ed.] Series: World review of distance education and open learning ; v. 4 Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : RoutledgeFalmer, 2004 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Distance learning : making connections across virtual space and time / Anthony G. Picciano by Picciano, Anthony G Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Merrill/Prentice Hall, 2001 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: LC5800 P522D. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Planning and developing open and distance learning [electronic resource] : a quality assurance approach / Reginald F. Melton by Melton, Reginald F., 1934- Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : RoutledgeFalmer, 2002 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Planning and developing open and distance learning : a quality assurance approach / Reginald F. Melton by Melton, Reginald F Series: RoutledgeFalmer studies in distance education Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Routledge, c2002 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: LC5800 M447P. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Basic education at a distance [electronic resource] / edited by Chris Yates and Jo Bradley. by Bradley, Jo, 1942- [ed.] Yates, Chris, 1953- [ed.] Series: World review of distance education and open learning ; v. 2 Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Routledge/Falmer 2002 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Planning & management in distance education [electronic resource] / edited by Santosh Panda by Panda, Santosh K. (Santosh Kumar), 1959- [ed.] Series: Open and distance learning series Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Kogan Page, 2005 Other title: Planning and management in distance education Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	The convergence of distance and conventional education : [electronic resource] : patterns of flexibility for the individual learner / edited by Alan Tait and Roger Mills. by Tait, Alan [ed.] Mills, Roger, 1941- [ed.] Series: Routledge studies in distance education Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Routledge, 2002 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)