Quality assurance in Asian distance education: Diverse approaches and common culture

With the phenomenal expansion of distance education in Asia during the past three decades, there has been growing public demand for quality and accountability in distance education. This study investigates the national quality assurance systems for distance education at the higher education level in...

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Autores principales:	Insung Jung, Tat Meng Wong, Chen Li, Sanjaa Baigaltugs, Tian Belawati
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2011
Materias:	accreditation distance education e-learning higher education quality assurance Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8450778dd1364771ae023a504d86caf02021-12-02T17:16:07ZQuality assurance in Asian distance education: Diverse approaches and common culture10.19173/irrodl.v12i6.9911492-3831https://doaj.org/article/8450778dd1364771ae023a504d86caf02011-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/991https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831With the phenomenal expansion of distance education in Asia during the past three decades, there has been growing public demand for quality and accountability in distance education. This study investigates the national quality assurance systems for distance education at the higher education level in Asia with the aim of contributing to a better understanding of the current level of development of quality assurance in Asian distance education and to offer potential directions for policy makers when developing and elaborating quality assurance systems for distance education. The analysis of the existing quality assurance frameworks in the 11 countries/territories selected reveals that the level of quality assurance policy integration in the overall national quality assurance in higher education policy framework varies considerably. The purpose of quality assurance, policy frameworks, methods, and instruments in place are generally tailored to each country’s particular circumstances. There are, however, obvious commonalities that underpin these different quality assurance efforts. Insung JungTat Meng WongChen LiSanjaa BaigaltugsTian BelawatiAthabasca University Pressarticleaccreditationdistance educatione-learninghigher educationquality assuranceSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 12, Iss 6 (2011)
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description	With the phenomenal expansion of distance education in Asia during the past three decades, there has been growing public demand for quality and accountability in distance education. This study investigates the national quality assurance systems for distance education at the higher education level in Asia with the aim of contributing to a better understanding of the current level of development of quality assurance in Asian distance education and to offer potential directions for policy makers when developing and elaborating quality assurance systems for distance education. The analysis of the existing quality assurance frameworks in the 11 countries/territories selected reveals that the level of quality assurance policy integration in the overall national quality assurance in higher education policy framework varies considerably. The purpose of quality assurance, policy frameworks, methods, and instruments in place are generally tailored to each country’s particular circumstances. There are, however, obvious commonalities that underpin these different quality assurance efforts.
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title	Quality assurance in Asian distance education: Diverse approaches and common culture
title_short	Quality assurance in Asian distance education: Diverse approaches and common culture
title_full	Quality assurance in Asian distance education: Diverse approaches and common culture
title_fullStr	Quality assurance in Asian distance education: Diverse approaches and common culture
title_full_unstemmed	Quality assurance in Asian distance education: Diverse approaches and common culture
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Quality assurance in Asian distance education: Diverse approaches and common culture

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