Title: Poorly written and badly out of date
Product review: I wish this text hadn't been chosen for my Foundations of Distance Education course (MS.Ed. program). It may have a 2012 copyright, but it's quickly apparent that while the copyright has been updated, the content has not been. I know technology is ever changing, but the technology covered in the book is out of date to the point of irrelevancy. I also didn't care for the conversational style used by the authors. It sometimes is a little condescending to the reader.If you're looking for an academic consideration of distance education, buy the far superiorThe Perfect Online Course: Best Practices for Designing and Teaching (PB) (Perspectives in Instructional Technology & Distance Education S.).
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