Older adult students are drawn to distance education because of the need to
balance career, family, and continuing education responsibilities conveniently,
effectively, and efficiently. When contemporary technologies are integrated
into the educational environment, the lack of familiarity with these
tools creates barriers to learning. With teacher shortages in certain fields,
distance education may address this crisis. This book offers recommendations
for implementing online teaching training for nontraditional students. They
must have clear paths of communication available especially when...