Quality Assurance in Distance Education and E-learning
Challenges and Solutions from Asia

First Edition

Edited by:

Insung Jung - International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
Tat Men Wong - Professor, Wawasan Open University (WOU),
Tian Belawati - Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia

Courses:
Distance Education/Online Learning | International Higher Education

September 2015 | 332 pages | SAGE India

Quality Assurance in Distance Education and E-Learning: Challenges and Solutions from Asia documents the existing regulatory framework covering quality assurance (QA) systems in distance education (DE) in a number of Asian countries. It draws on the knowledge and experience of 16 selected DE/e-learning institutions of Asia and reveals the respective development of QA systems and procedures within these providers/programmes.

The endeavour towards developing QA systems through various stages of testing and development is in response to the growing public concern for the quality of DE as well as staff aspirations for quality. This book, through the selection of cases from the aforementioned institutions, covers a wide range of QA systems and perspectives of quality in DE. These cases present good practices in QA for DE/e-learning, analyse challenges in assuring the quality of DE products and services, offer possible solutions to meet those challenges, and present lessons for other DE providers.

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Foreword

Preface

I: A SYSTEMS OR BALANCED APPROACH TO QUALITY ASSURANCE

Sinagpore's SIM University

Cheong Hee Kiat

Thailand's Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University

Pranee Sungkatavat and Theppasak Boonyarataphan

Open University of Hong Kong

Robert Edward Butcher

South Korea's Hanyang Cyber University

Yeonwook Im

II: ENSURING THE QUALITY OF MANAGEMENT PROCESSES

Indonesia's Universitas Terbuka

Sri Y P K Hardini et al

China's Peking University School of Distance Learning for Medical Education

Chen L et al

Mongolian E-Knowledge

Sanjaa Baigaltugs

South Korea's AutoEver

Hae-Deok Song and Cheolil Lim

III: FOCUSING ON INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND PEDAGOGY

Japan's Kumamoto University Online Graduate School

Katsuaki Suzuki

Open University of China

Li Yawan, Yang Tingting and Niu Ben

India's Indira Gandhi National Open University

Pema Eden Samdup and Rose Nembiakkim

University of the Philippines Open University

Patricia B Arinto

IV: ASSURING QUALITY OF LEARNING SUPPORT AND ASSESSMENT

Malaysia's Wawasan Open University

Tat Meng Wong and Teik Kooi Liew

Virtual University of Pakistan

Naveed A Malik

V: OUTCOMES AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

Open University of Sri Lanka

Uma Coomaraswamy

Open University Malaysia

Anuwar Ali and Mansor Fadzil

Concluding Remarks: Future Policy Directions

Insung Jung

Index

[The book] lucidly explains regulatory framework in 16 different institutions, reveals orderly growth of Quality Assurance systems, identifies challenges affecting distance education products/services, and shares solution for replication.... Editors deserve kudos for suggesting the sustainability of a positive attitude towards distance education.

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