The quality assurance in teaching and learning processes in distance education: a review


Published: Jun 9, 2016
Keywords:
quality assurance teaching and learning in open and distance education
Σύλβη Ιωακειμίδου
Αντώνης Λιοναράκης
Abstract
This paper attempts a review of the literature on quality assurance in open distance teaching and learning processes mainly in universities during the last two decades. There is an effort to bring forth some elements about the aims; the kind of research and the methodology used; some matters or problems faced so far; some tendencies and orientations to future research. Influenced by the management field the quality assurance in education has gradually become an issue of great importance and interest. Teaching and learning in the core of the educational process cannot but be affected. This review of the research so far could be taken under consideration or it could work as a kind of motivation for future research on this field focusing on issues like a wide agreement on objective and reliable measurement of quality in teaching and learning processes in an open distance learning environment
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