Download or read book The Distance Teaching Universities written by Greville Rumble and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1982 this volume provides nine case studies of particular distance teaching universities in Canada, China, Cost Rica, Germany, Israel, Pakistan, Spain, Venezuela and the UK. These universities were mainly founded in the 1970s to teach only at a distance. The book considers the provision of distance education by universities in general and the development and characteristics of the distance teaching universities in particular. Chronicling the emergence of new university structures between 1971-1981, the book also provides an appraisal of their performance in the early years.