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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.
China's Peking University School of Distance Learning for Medical Education
China's Peking University School of Distance Learning for Medical Education
Introduction
Distance education (DE), including online education, has achieved remarkable development in China since China initiated the ICT-supported DE pilot project in 1999. Currently, there are 68 online colleges operated by the conventional universities, and the Open University of China system (OUCS).
All higher education providers in China—both conventional and distance—are required to obtain initial accreditation from the Ministry of Education (MOE) before establishment. Once established, a conventional higher education institution should undergo an academic audit of their undergraduate teaching every five years. The audit consists of self-report, external evaluation, and self-improvement.
DE institutions do not need to follow this audit process. Instead, they are ...
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