Intro -- Contents -- Open and Distance Education in a Digital Age -- Introduction -- The Purpose and Structure of This Book -- Methodology -- Structure of the Books -- Terminology -- References -- Australia -- Introduction -- Australian Distance Education from the 1900s to the 1980s -- Australian Distance, Open, Flexible and Online Education from the 1980s to the Present Day -- Lecture Capture -- Open Universities Australia -- OER -- MOOCs -- U3A Online -- Accreditation and Quality Assurance -- What Is the Future for Australian Distance Education? -- Annex: List of Australian Universities -- References -- Australia-Commentary -- The Race to the Center, Can the Enter Hold? -- The Opportunity and the Challenge -- References -- Brazil -- The History and Past of Distance Education -- The Function and Position of Distance Education Within the National Higher Education System -- The Regulatory Framework, Policies, Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Distance Education -- An Overview of Major Distance Education Teaching and Research Institutions -- Some Statistics About Student Enrollments in Distance Education Programs and the Funding of Distance Education -- The Relationship Between Distance Education and More Established and Older Campus-Based, Residential Institutions -- The Relationship Between the Public and Private Sector Distance Education -- Future Developments of Distance Education in Brazil -- References -- Brazil-Commentary -- Canada -- Introduction -- The Canadian Higher Education System -- Distance Students -- Distance Teaching Universities -- Dual-Mode Institutions -- Meta-Organizations -- Quality Assurance and Quality Control -- Innovation and Research -- Innovation in Open Education -- Innovation in Online Learning -- Research in Online and Distance Education -- Main Challenges and Future Opportunities.

The Institutional Organization of Online and Distance Education -- Better Faculty Development -- New Learner-Centred Pedagogical Models -- Conclusion -- References -- Canada-Commentary -- Germany -- Introduction -- Private Initiatives in Education and Training at a Distance -- Public Initiatives in Education and Training at a Distance -- Public Initiatives in East Germany (1949-1990) -- Public Initiatives in West Germany (1949-1990) and in Reunified Germany (1990-to Date) -- The Digital Era and New Developments in Teaching and Learning at a Distance -- Current Regulatory Framework for Open and Distance Learning in Germany -- Statistics About Students in Distance Education and Training -- State Funding of Distance Education and Related Modes of Teaching and Learning -- Future Developments in German (Open) Distance Education -- References -- Germany-Commentary -- United Kingdom -- Introduction -- The History of UK Distance and Online Education -- Funding -- ODeL and UK HE Provision -- The Popularity of ODeL? Student Enrolments -- Quality Assurance -- What Are the Issues? What Is the Future? -- Conclusion -- References -- United Kingdom-Commentary -- United States of America -- Origins -- Impact on Higher Education -- Enrollment Growth -- Role of Faculty -- Online Learning as a Strategic Asset -- For-Profit Providers, Partnerships, and Economics -- Accreditation and Quality Assurance -- Social and Ethical Issues -- The Future -- References -- United States-Commentary -- Distance Education in Australia, Europe and the Americas -- Size and growth of ODE -- Growth of ODE -- Providers of ODE -- The Role of ICTs -- The Role of Government -- The Function of ODE -- Trends and Future Challenges -- References.

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