Open higher education in the 21st century / Ritimoni Bordoloi, Prasenjit Das, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bordoloi, Ritimoni, editor.

Das, Prasenjit, editor.

Series:

Education in a competitive and globalizing world series.

Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Open learning.

Open learning--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2021]

Summary:

"This book contains 14 original chapters on the changing face of higher education in the 21st century. This book explores some of the latest possibilities and developments in the 21st century higher education through different context specific discussions on the contours of ODL, use of Mobile Learning, game based learning, integration of Artificial Intelligence in education and so forth which are indeed some of the latest developments. Fresh and experienced readers will greatly benefit from the chapters in this book as they deal with open education, sustainable education, skill-based education, technology enabled learning, techno pedagogy, inter institutional studies on the prospects of lifelong learning, community and ODL institutions, quality assurance in ODL institutions, education for empowerment and so on which have emerged as the most dominant concepts in recent times. However, more than anything else, this book will help readers consider the relevance of open higher education in a wider context"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Expanding higher education for sustainable development in Asia : are the open universities up to the task? / John Daniel

Pursuing the elusive triangle of access, equity, and quality learning : distance learning models in the higher education of Southeast Asia / Erik Jon Byker

Distance education futures : what are the factors that will affect how distance education develops in the future? / Ormond Simpson

An evaluation of the components of ODL processes, smart technologies and technological singularity / Serap Ugur and Gulsun Kurubacak

Learning with educational digital RPG games for online and distance education : implications for Southeast Asia / Alfredo Eurico Rodrigues Matta, Ramesh C. Sharma and Francisca de Paula Santos da Silva

Life long learning through ODL : an inter-institutional study with special reference to Kkhosu, India and Knou, Korea / Ritimoni Bordoloi

Skill based higher education : prospects and challenges in the context of India / Moumita Das and Prabir K. Biswas

ODL in Malaysia : current perspectives and challenges / Phalachandra Bhandigadi, Ooi Li Hsien and Chew Bee Leng

Open and distance learning (ODL) in the Philippines : development, policies and challenges / Cecilia Junio-Sabio

Exploring learners' behavioural intention towards mobile learning : a case of certificate program of Bangladesh Open University / Kazi Sharmin Pamela and Md. Mizanoor Rahman

Community and ODL institutions : experiences from Tanzania / Kezia H. Mkwizu and Harrieth G. Mtae

Access and participation factors in online distance nursing education programme during a major pandemic : the student-nurse in view / Simon-Peter Kafui Aheto

Open and distance education in Brazil : a scenario of contrasts / Luciano Sathler

Open higher education in Assam : prospects and challenges / Shrutidhara Mahanta.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-5361-9644-4

OCLC:

1251740905