Cover -- Contents -- Terminology of Distance Learning -- Adopt, Adapt or Start from Scratch? -- Preparing Open Learning Materials -- Role of Communication and Information Technologies -- Helping Open Learners -- Assessing Open Learning -- Benefits for Employers and Managers -- Tackling the Package -- Getting Help from Other People -- Getting Value for Money? -- The Quality of Published Materials -- Profiles of Open Learners -- Writing Feedback Responses to Structured Questions -- Use of Computer-based Open Learning Packages -- Training Open Learning Tutors -- The Assessment of Open Learners -- The Maddest Folly: Scotland, the Certification of Women and the St Andrews LLA -- The External Role of the University of London.

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