The encyclopaedia deals briefly with the origin, evolution and development of distance and continuing education in lndia and abroad. The case study of school education through distance education and networking is dealt in detail. Online education system is discussed in detail With focus on all concerned elements and factors responsible. The operating open universities, globally and nationally, and their distance-education programmers is presented. The advantages of e-learning is enumerated briefly. So is the details about various learning technologies including on-line learning. This encyclopaedia will prove itself it as a complete reference book on distance and continuing education. Besides, it is user-friendly and supported with considerable list of glossary of important terms, acronyms/abbreviations exhaustive bibliography and useful index. it will also be considerable use for further research in the area. ln sum, this encyclopaedia touches briefly on all important aspects of distance, continuing and open education systems and sub-systems. it gives readers an all-round perspective on the said subject
