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Mason, Robin and Rennie, Frank (2008). E-Learning and Social Networking Handbook. Resources for Higher Education. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

Eaton, K. A.; Reynolds, P. A.; Mason, R. and Cardell, R. (2008). Assuring quality. British Dental Journal, 205(3) pp. 145–150.

Stefani, Lorraine; Mason, Robin and Pegler, Chris (2007). The educational potential of e-portfolios: Supporting personal development and reflective learning. Connecting with e-Learning. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Mason, Robin and Rennie, Frank (2006). Elearning: the key concepts. Key Guides. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge.

Mason, Robin (2006). Holistic course design using learning objects. International Journal of Learning Technology, 2(2-3) pp. 203–215.

Weller, Martin; Mason, Robin and Pegler, Chris (2005). Students’ experience of component versus integrated Virtual Learning Environments. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 21(4) pp. 253–259.

Mason, R D; Pegler, C A and Weller, M J (2005). A learning object success story. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 9(1) pp. 97–105.

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Mason, Robin (2005). The evolution of Online Education at the Open University. In: Kearsely, Greg ed. Online learning: personal reflections on the transformation of education. USA: Educational Technology Publications.

Weller, Martin; Pegler, Chris and Mason, Robin (2005). Use of innovative technologies on an e-learning course. The Internet and Higher Education, 8(1) pp. 61–71.

Mason, Robin; Pegler, Chris and Weller, Martin (2004). E-portfolios: an assessment tool for online courses. British Journal of Educational Technology, 35(6) pp. 717–727.

Mason, Robin and Rennie, Frank (2004). Broadband: a solution to rural e-learning? International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 5(1)

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Rennie, Frank and Mason, Robin (2004). The Connecticon: learning for the connected generation. United States of America: Information Age Publishing Inc.

Mason, Robin and Rehak, D (2003). Keeping the learning in learning objects. In: Littlejohn, A ed. Reusing online resources: a sustainable approach to e-learning. London: Kogan Page, pp. 20–34.

Mason, Robin (2002). Online learning and supporting students: new possibilities. In: Tait, Alan and Mills, Roger eds. Rethinking learner support in distance education: change and continuity in an international context. London: Routledge Falmer, pp. 90–101.

Pettit, John and Mason, Robin (2002). Virtual space, real learning: an introduction to VLEs. In: Fry, Heather; Ketteridge, Steve and Marshall, Stephanie eds. A Handbook for teaching and learning in higher education: enhancing academic practice (2nd ed.). London, UK: Kogan Page, pp. 148–161.

Mason, Robin (2002). Rethinking assessment for the online environment. In: Vrasidas, Charalambos and Glass, Gene V. eds. Distance education and distributed learning. Greenwich, Connecticut: Information Age Publishing, pp. 57–74.

Mason, Robin (2002). The Global Classroom. In: Adelsberger, Heimo H; Collis, Betty and Pawlowski, Jan M eds. Handbook on Information Technologies for Education and Training. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 615–621.

MacDonald, Janet; Weller, Martin and Mason, Robin (2002). Meeting the assessment demands of networked courses. International Journal on E-Learning, 1(1) pp. 9–18.

Macdonald, Janet; Heap, Nick and Mason, Robin (2001). "Have I learnt it?" Evaluating skills for resource-based study using electronic resources. British Journal of Educational Technology, 32(4) pp. 419–434.

Mason, Robin (2001). Effective facilitation of online learning: the Open University experience. In: Stephenson, John ed. Teaching and learning online: New pedagogies for new technologies. London: Kogan Page.

Goodfellow, R.; Lea, M. R.; Gonzalez, F. and Mason, R. (2001). Opportunity and e-quality - intercultural and linguistic issues in global online learning. Distance Education, 22(1) pp. 65–84.

Scott, Peter and Mason, Robin (2001). Graduating live and on line: the multimedia webcast of the Open University's worldwide virtual degree ceremony. In: WebNet 2001. World Conference on the WWW and Internet, 23-27 Oct 2001, Orlando, FL, U.S..

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Mason, Robin (2000). From distance education to online education. The Internet and Higher Education, 3(1-2) pp. 63–74.

Mason, Robin (1994). Using Communications Media in Open and Flexible Learning. London: Routledge.

Jones, Ann; Kirkup, Gill; Kirkwood, Adrian and Mason, Robin (1992). Providing computing for distance learners: a strategy for home use. Computers & Education, 18(1-3) pp. 183–193.

Mason, Robin D. (1989). A case study of the use of computer conferencing at the Open University. PhD thesis The Open University.

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Mason, Robin and Kaye, Anthony eds. (1989). Mindweave: Communication, Computers and Distance Education. Pergamon Press.