This book is intended to aid educational officials in defining the role of new educational technologies and media and in determining their cost effectiveness. Section 1 contains two methodological studies that examine the application of cost effectiveness studies to new educational media and discuss the use of standard tables for calculating educational costs. Section 2 presents directories of specialized institutions and experts interested in the economics of new educational media. Section 3 includes a bibliography of relevant studies. Section 4 presents abstracts of 18 significant educational cost effectiveness studies. Section 5 contains seven case studies of programs utilizing new educational technologies and media. Section 6 presents glossaries of terms related to new educational methods and economic analysis. (JG)