Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: Data Collection 1.Distance education by correspondence schools (1965) 2.University-level distance education (1968) 3. Models of university-level education (1971) Part 2: Analysis 4.Didactic analysis (1972) 5.Distance education and industrial production: a comparative interpretation in outline (1967) 6.Distance education: a historical, sociological and anthropological interpretation (1972) Part 3: Distance Education In Practice 7.The concept of the Fernuniversitat (1981) 8.The Fernuniversitat after ten years (1985) Part 4: Contemporary Analysis 9.The iceberg has not yet melted: further reflection on the concept of industrialization and distance teaching (1989) 10.Understanding distance education (1990) 11.Distance education in a post-industrial society (1993) Conclusion by Desmond Keegan Appendix: Major publications on distance education by Otto Peters.