Open and Distance Education in Australia, Europe and the Americas

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book describes the history, structure and institutions of open and distance education in six countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US. It discusses how open and distance education is evolving in a digital age to reflect the needs and circumstances of national higher education systems in these countries, and explores the similarities and differences between the ways in which they are organized and structured. It is the first book to make such comparisons and draw conclusions about the nature of open and distance education in the context of various national higher education systems. In a digital era with growing use of online education as well as open and distance education, this book is particularly useful for policy-makers and senior administrators who want to learn about organizing and expanding open and distance education provision. It is also a valuable reference for researchers, academics and students interested in understanding the different approaches to open and distance education. Front Matter ....Pages i-vi Open and Distance Education in a Digital Age (Adnan Qayyum, Olaf Zawacki-Richter)....Pages 1-8 Australia (Colin Latchem)....Pages 9-24 Australia—Commentary (Som Naidu)....Pages 25-27 Brazil (Fredric Litto)....Pages 29-43 Brazil—Commentary (Maria Renata da Cruz Duran, Adnan Qayyum)....Pages 45-47 Canada (Tony Bates)....Pages 49-62 Canada—Commentary (Terry Anderson)....Pages 63-64 Germany (Ulrich Bernath, Joachim Stöter)....Pages 65-79 Germany—Commentary (Burkhard Lehmann)....Pages 81-83 United Kingdom (Anne Gaskell)....Pages 85-98 United Kingdom—Commentary (Alan Tait)....Pages 99-101 United States of America (Michael Beaudoin)....Pages 103-116 United States—Commentary (Gary E. Miller)....Pages 117-119 Distance Education in Australia, Europe and the Americas (Adnan Qayyum, Olaf Zawacki-Richter)....Pages 121-131