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This publication presents case studies of best practice in the development of quality assurance systems for institutions involved in open and distance learning (ODL). The case studies emphasise the importance of context in designing systems tailored to specific needs. They demonstrate that ODL methodologies have been successfully employed to service the whole range of education and training, both basic and secondary as well as postsecondary. In addition, the publication attempts to move beyond external processes of quality assurance to internal mechanisms that promote the growth and sustenance of a culture of quality within institutions. The chapters are as follows: Towards a culture of quality in open distance learning: current practices / Badri N. Koul; Quality assurance in distance education: toward a culture of quality in Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning (BOCODOL) / Daniel R. Tau and Thulaganyo Thutoetsile; Quality assurance in open distance education: towards a culture of quality: a case study from the Kyambogo University, Uganda / Felicity Binns and Aron Otto; Application of ODL methodologies in non-formal settings and quality assurance: a case study from the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India / M. Aslam; Quality assurance in the African Virtual University: a case study / Kuzvinetsa Peter Dzvimbo and Catherine Wangeci Kariuki; Quality assurance procedures in teacher education: the case of the National Teachers' Institute, Kaduna, Nigeria / Abdurrahman Umar; Quality assurance and best practices at Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU): a case study / Anuradha Deshmukh; Defining a quality assurance tool for web-based course development and delivery at the University of the West Indies Distance Education Centre / Dianne Thurab-Nkhosi and Stewart Marshall; Embracing change: quality assurance at the Open University of Hong Kong / Bob Butcher and Andrea Hope; Quality assurance in open and distance education at the University of Guelph: a case study in Canadian practice in quality assurance in a dual-mode institution / Ian Mugridge; Quality assurance in distance education: towards a culture of quality: a case study of the Open University, United Kingdom (OUUK) / Roger Mills; The Satellite Internet Access for School of the Air (SIASOTA) project: the making of a new 'live' online learning community / Roger Edmonds; Using integrated systems and processes to achieve quality: a case study of the University of Southern Queensland / Alan Smith; Towards a culture of quality in open distance learning: present possibilities / Badri N. Koul. Show less