Open and Distance Education in Australia, Europe and the Americas

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Virtual Internationalization to Support Comprehensive Internationalization in Higher Education

“…In both cases, VI can make an international experience more inclusive, because ODE generally attracts nontraditional students who would not be able to spend an extended period abroad (Bruhn, 2018). Online and distance degrees have been a growth market in many parts of the world in recent years (Qayyum & Zawacki-Richter, 2018)-and because of their virtuality, they hold an intrinsic potential of transcending borders. Therefore, it appears promising to further explore possibilities of internationalization within this delivery mode, which did not receive much attention in the broader internationalization discourse in the past.…”

Open Praxis vol. 11 issue 2

“…Together with the growing competitiveness among the agents of the higher education system mentioned in the previous point, distance higher education institutions in Spain are facing challenges similar to those identified by Gaskell (2018) in the case of United Kingdom:…”

“…In contrast to other milestones in the history of distance higher education, analyzing these developments and understanding the response of institutions to new challenges is now of great importance because of the depth of the changes they can bring about in the structure of the higher education system as a whole. As Gaskell (2018) points out for the case of the Open University in the United Kingdom, the viability of traditional distance universities -"One issue for the future is whether single-mode distance teaching institutions can survive" (p. 94)-is directly related to the evolution of challenges and their management by universities. • Resistance to change in the workforce.…”

Structural Changes in the Landscape of Spanish Distance Universities

“…What distinguishes single-mode distance universities is their mission, not their location and provision on campus or at a distance. And, according to Tait (2018b), the mission remains as it always has been: "to provide post-secondary education at scale with quality at a price that is affordable, and with the flexibility to permit people to come in and out during their lifetimes" (p. 100).…”