The advancement of distance education and the progressive development of online courses by both traditional and distance education institutions have heightened many inquiries regarding the costs of online learning compared to both face-to-face teaching and other approaches to distance education. Academic leaders, researchers, and practitioners share their expertise in this book on how to maintain quality management with quality learning. Subjects covered include needs assessment and readiness assessment, networked/distance teaching and learning, infrastructure, financial requirements, student-support plan, management organization and monitoring and evaluation. This book is an ideal reference source for educators, academicians, graduate students, and researchers who are interested in implementing distance education to effectively manage an online-learning program.