Quality assurance and accreditation in distance education and e-learning : models, policies and research / edited by Insung Jung and Colin Latchem ; foreword by John Daniel.

"Drawing on the knowledge and experience of leading managers, practitioners and researchers, research and case studies, this book provides a unique and comprehensive analysis of Quality Assurance (QA) concepts, approaches, models, issues, practices and research in ODL and ICT worldwide. The boo...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Jung, Insung, 1959-, Latchem, C. R. (Colin R.), Herrington, Jan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2012.
Series:Open & flexible learning series.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Quality assurance and accreditation in higher education / Denise Chalmers and Shannon Johnston
  • 2. Quality assurance and accreditation in open and distance learning / Colin Latchem and Insung Jung
  • 3. International and regional quality assurance and acceditation / Colin Latchem and Anuwar Ali
  • 4. Quality assurance in Asian open and distance learning / Insung Jung
  • 5. Quality assurance for distance education in Sub-Saharan Africa / Sarah Hoosen and Neil Butcher
  • 6. Quality assurance and accreditation in the United States and Canada / Nancy K. Parker
  • 7. Quality assurance and accreditation for distance education in the United Kingdom / Denise Kirkpatrick
  • 8. Quality assurance policies and guidelines in European distance and e-learning / Ulf-Daniel Ehlers
  • 9. Quality assurance policies and guidelines for distance education in Australia and New Zealand / Yoni Ryan and Mark Brown
  • 10. Quality assurance in open universities / Asha Kanwar and Kate Clarke
  • 11. Quality assurance in a mega-university : Universitas Terbuka / Tian Belawati, Aminudin Zuhairi and I.G.A.K. Wardani
  • 12. Quality assurance in a consortium : open universities Australia / Teresa De Fazio, John Ketonen and Michael Crock
  • 13. Quality assurance in regional dual-mode universities : the University of the South Pacific and the University of the West Indies / Rajesh Chandra, Dianne Thurab-Nkhosi and Stewart Marshall
  • 14. Conducting an external institutional quality review : the Palestinian Al-Quds open university / Kathleen Matheos
  • 15. Lowering the cost and increasing the effectiveness of quality assurance : COL RIM / Geoff Plimmer [and others]
  • 16. Quality assurance in open schooling : national institute of open schooling, India, and open junior secondary school, Indonesia / Sanjaya Mishra, Sitanshu S. Jena and Arief S. Sadiman
  • 17. Assuring quality in school digital ecosystems / Michael Gaffney
  • 18. So few lessons learned? : quality assurance in the global telecentre movement / Richard Fuchs
  • 19. Quality assurance in e-learning for European small-to-medium enterprises / Torstein Rekkedal
  • 20. Quality assurance for e-learning in the South Korean corporate sector / Cheolil Lim
  • 21. Competencies and quality assurance in distance and e-learning / Insung Jung and Colin Latchem
  • 22. Learners' perceptions and opinions of quality assurance / Insung Jung
  • 23. Concluding remarks : quality matters / Insung Jung and Colin Latchem.