{"product_id":"open-higher-education-in-the-21st-century-9781536196122","title":"Open Higher Education in the 21st Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface; Expanding Higher Education for Sustainable Development in Asia: Are the Open Universities Up to the Task?; Pursuing the Elusive Triangle of Access, Equity, and Quality Learning: Distance Learning Models in the Higher Education of Southeast Asia; Distance Education Futures: What Are the Factors That Will Affect How Distance Education Develops in the Future?; An Evaluation of the Components of ODL Processes, Smart Technologies and Technological Singularity; Learning with Educational Digital RPG Games for Online and Distance Education: Implications for Southeast Asia; Life Long Learning through ODL: An Inter-institutional Study with Special Reference to Kkhosu, India and Knou, Korea; Skill Based Higher Education: Prospects and Challenges in the Context of India; ODL in Malaysia: Current Perspectives and Challenges; Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in the Philippines: Development, Policies and Challenges; Exploring Learners Behavioural Intention towards Mobile Learning: A Case of Certificate Program of Bangladesh Open University; Community and ODL Institutions: Experiences from Tanzania; Access and Participation Factors in Online Distance Nursing Education Programme during a Major Pandemic: The Student-Nurse in View; Open and Distance Education in Brazil: A Scenario of Contrasts; Open Higher Education in Assam: Prospects and Challenges; Index.","brand":"Nova Science Publishers Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48886204105047,"sku":"9781536196122","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/open-higher-education-in-the-21st-century-9781536196122","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}