It costs how much? Estimating the costs to design and develop a distance delivered course

Course design and development is a basic process traditionally accomplished by a teacher, professor, or trainer, often with the assistance of an instructional developer and sometimes with the use of production specialists such as graphic artists, videographers, and computer programmers. The popularization of distance education has begun to change the traditional and largely private course design and development environment. Estimating the cost for the design and development of an online course is little discussed in the literature of distance education.