Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Education

Dr. Olaf Zawacki-Richter has been a Professor of Technology-Enhanced Learning at the University of Oldenburg in Germany since 2010, where he directs the Center for Open Education Research and the Center for Lifelong Learning. He teaches in the Master of Management of Technology-Enhanced Learning program, and he also taught for many years at the FernUniversity in Hagen-Germany's distance teaching university-and the University of Maryland University College (USA). Dr. Zawacki-Richter is the author of over 150 articles and book chapters, as well as author and editor of 13 books. He is Associate Editor of the SSCI journal Distance Education, and a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Open and Distributed Learning, Open Learning, and the Journal for Higher Education Development. Dr. Insung Jung has been a professor of Education at the International Christian University (ICU in Japan) since 2003. She has edited and authored several books with scholars from various parts of the world, including recent publications: Liberal Arts Education and Colleges in East Asia: Possibilities and challenges in the global age (2016) and Open and Distance Education Theory Revisited: Implications for the digital era (2019). She is serving as a leader of Global Research Network for Liberal Arts Education, a co-editor-in-chief of the International Journal for Educational Media and Technology, a member of an editorial board of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Education and an associate editor of International Journal of Distance Education Technologies.

Section 1: History, Theory and Research in ODE.- Section 2: Global Perspectives and Internationalization.- Section 3: Organization, Leadership and Change.- Section 4: Infrastructure, Quality Assurance and Support Systems.- Section 5: Learners, Teachers, Media and Technology.- Section 6: Design, Delivery and Assessment.