Contents: Preface. 1. The history and scope of distance education. 2. The Minerva project in Brazil. 3. A Madureza project in Bahia, Brazil. 4. The Malawi correspondence college. 5. The Mauritius college of the air. 6. The Korean air-correspondence high school. 7. In-service teacher education in Kenya. 8. What do people do all day? 9. The ultimate hurdle. 10. Modeling a little world: The Physics System. 11. Modeling the inhabitants: The AI System. 12. A new look a work: The Interface System. 13. The scariest word of all: gameplay. 14. Why use grades, anyway? metrics, scores, and simulations. 15. Virtual leader vs. the world. 16. Seventeen simulation issues. 17. A manifest destiny: Simulations and the Training Industry. 18. Epilogue: looking back at schools. Index.

"In the developed world the percentage of literacy is very high since long but due to change in methods of production and the increase in the quantum of knowledge in the world has made it very necessary that workers are acquainted with the latest developments in the field of industry and work. For this purpose it has been felt that there is a great need for distance education. In the developing world the percentage of literacy is quite low and the developing countries are trying to make more and more people literate. But due to shortage of funds it is not possible to provide education for every man. The first target of the developing countries is to reach a level of literacy in the shortest possible time for the maintenance of standards in industry and for providing the stability to the democratic systems of government. This is why more and more open schools and open universities are being started by the governments of the developing world, especially in India almost every state has an open university which caters to the people who did not get opportunity to go to the university due to financial considerations as well as other considerations. Similarly, the open schools are providing the opportunity to every school going child to get education through distance education.

It is expected that the book will be found to be of immense use by the educational planners, administrators and the general public alike." (jacket)