Transnational distance learning and building new markets for universities

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Hogan, Robert, 1947-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.
• Subjects: Transnational education.; Distance education.; Education, Higher > Marketing.; Business models; International education; Culture; Ethnicity; Gender; Language; Economic opportunities and risks; Educational resources needed for international students; Internationalizing curriculum; Managing and assessing programs; New markets; Organization; Infrastructure; Student support; Staffing; Planning technology for global delivery; Digital divide
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"This book presents the opportunities, methods, issues, and risks involved in extending university education across national borders, offering insight into understanding cultural, financial, and legal issues"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Succeeding in transnational distance learning / Robert Hogan
• 2. The why and how of transnational teaching: a University of South Africa perspective / Narend Baijnath
• 3. Open and distance learning in Asia: a case study / Tian Belawati, Udan Kusmawan and Suci M. Isman
• 4. Distance learning challenges facing two world regional universities / Sandra Sookram and Robert Hogan
• 5. Transnational distance learning: a student perspective / Awnesh Singh ... [et al.]
• 6. Online student incivility: what it is and how to manage it / Renate W. Prescott
• 7. Teaching Arabic online: methods to interact with and engage students / Arifa Garman
• 8. Internationalization of Indian higher education / Sunil Kumar
• 9. Distance learning in the Pacific: a case study of American Samoa / Deborah Zuercher and Jon Yoshioka
• 10. Open educational resources and the impact of MERLOT on transnational education / Lynn Aaron, Laura Franklin and Jeanne P. Sewell
• 11. Using alternative technologies for teacher training in developing countries / Victoria L. Frank
• 12. Teaching teachers: the biggest educational challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa / Bob Moon
• 13. Developing cultural competency in engineering through transnational distance learning / Stephanie Moore, Dominik May and Kari Wold
• 14. Globalization of higher education: an Indian perspective / Suresh K. Chauhan, Silima Nanda and Jagdish Arora
• 15. The Pacific Open Learning Health Net: providing health education in the Pacific / Steven Baxendale
• 16. How to be a transnational distance learning winner / Robert Hogan.