The Future of Distance Learning [Hardcover]

Language: English. The beautiful treatise talks of distance education: its meaning, significance, its future, qualityobstacles and remedies. A step and step guide to distance education both conceptually and at the level of delivery. About The Author: Prof. Ramesh Chandra, was born in a family of freedom fighters on July 1st. 1957 in village Bijwara, District Meerut of Uttar Pradesh. He started his research career at University of Delhi and then went to the New York HospitalCornell University Medical Center, as well as at the School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook as a faculty member and then went to Harvard University Medical SchoolMassachusetts General Hospital joined at MIT, Cambridge, USA. On his return to India he joined the faculty at the University of Delhi, where he is currently a Professor of Chemistry and Director of Dr. BR Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research: in addition to his present assignment as ViceChancellor of Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (UP). He was appointed Professor (Research Scientist) by the UGC at the young age of 35 years. He is a creator, performer and builder of institutions of higher learning. He has established Dr. BR Ambedkar Centre of Biomedical Research at University of Delhi, when he was just 33 years old and became its Founder Director. He was appointed as youngest ViceChancellor of Bundelkhand University on March 24th, 1999 at the age of 41 years. He has metamorphosed it into a Center of Excellence by creating 36 institutes of higher learning and increasing the capacity of students from 225 to 90000 and raising the number of faculty member from 8 to 270 in such a short span of time. Prof. Ramesh Chandra is a scholar and an eminent scientist. He has done pioneering research work in the field of drug development and his inventions are being used in the development of drugs for Neonatal jaundice and breast tumor. He is recipient of several National and International Awards such as: UGC Career Award, Prof. DP Chakravorty Commemoration Award, The Rockefeller Foundation, USA Biotechnology Career Award, UGC Research Scientist Award, Fullbright Scholarship, Award of the Highest Honor of the Soka University, Japan and Fellowships of: the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, International Academy of Physical Sciences. He is also recipient of National Scholarship of the Govt. of India and many more. He is member of more than three dozen scientific and academic societies as well as founder of several academic and scientific societies and institutions. He has been visiting scientist at various University and research institutions all over the world. Contents: Preface Distance Learning: The Millennium Concepts WebOriented Distance Learning Development of Distance Learning Open Learning: An Analysis Open Learning Communities Distance Learning and Copyright Issues The Future of Distance Learning The Title 'The Future of Distance Learning written/authored/edited by Ramesh Chandra', published in the year 2005. The ISBN 9788178352367 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 312 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Education. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: 312.…