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No Small Change: e-Commerce in Distance Education
Evan T. Robinson

With online courses so widely distributed outside the institution, it is increasingly important for distance learning programs to be able to support themselves. e-Commerce can help. Higher education is undergoing rapid and constant change. One area of tremendous evolution is distance education. The resulting competitive environment necessitates that programs take the time to develop comprehensive plans to approach the marketplace, allowing for flexibility, modularization, and the opportunity to generate revenue as well as make a profit. In that respect, the education provided as distance education may be viewed in the context of "knowledge as commodity."...

  posted by Ray at 2/16/2002 08:06:00 PM permanent item link   

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