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

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 63-83

  Jung, Insung ^a   Wong, Tat Meng ^b   Li, Chen ^c   Baigaltugs, Sanjaa ^d   Belawati, Tian ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAWASAN OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Universitas Terbuka   (China)

^e UNIVERSITAS TERBUKA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Distance education; E learning; Higher education; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863179502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v12i6.991     Document Type: Article

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