Policy and Practice in Asian Distance Education

Politically and economically, the introduction of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in the Asian countries stems from very different needs. The desire to meet democratic ideals of education for all without compromising on quality is probably the strongest reason for its popularity in the Asian countries. Informative and interestingly presented, the book is the outcome of a project which is trail-blazing as a collaborative PANdora research and development initiative between 24 ODL institutions of 13 Asian countries that covered three years. Nine themes, which range from accessibility, acceptance and effects of Distance Learning Technologies (DLT) to e-assessment methods and models for student evaluation and a repository of Re-usable Learning Objects, were selected for the research studies.