Distance Education in Asia and the Pacific. Volume II. Proceedings of the Regional Seminar on Distance Education (Bangkok, Thailand, November 26-December 3, 1986).

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Adult Education; Case Studies; Computer Assisted Instruction; Continuing Education; Cost Effectiveness; Developing Nations; Distance Education; Dropouts; Educational Needs; Educational Technology; Financial Support; Foreign Countries; International Cooperation; International Educational Exchange; Nonformal Education; Outcomes of Education; Postsecondary Education; Program Administration; Program Development; Program Effectiveness; Program Improvement; Telecommunications

Asia; Australia; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Burma; Fiji; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; New Zealand; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; South Korea; Sri Lanka; Thailand

The paper presented in this three-part conference report trace the growth and development of distance education in the Asian and Pacific region. Part 1 provides a general review. Part 2 contains the following case studies: "Distance Education in India" (S. P. Mullick); "Distance Education in Indonesia" (Professor Setijadi); "Distance Education in Pakistan" (Shaukat Ali Siddiqui); "Distance Education in the Republic of Korea" (Kwon Soonchan and Chandong Kim); and "Distance Education in Thailand" (Iam Chaya-Ngam). The following country papers are included in part 3: "Distance Education in Australia" (Vernon White); "Distance Education in Bangladesh" (K. M. Sirajul Islam); "Distance Education in Bhutan" (Zangley Dukpa); "Distance Education in Burma" (Kyaw Sein); "Distance Education in Fiji" (Hari Ram); "Distance Education in Hong Kong" (Michelangelo Pagliari and John Anthony Frost); "Distance Education in Japan" (Yoshiya Abe); "Distance Education in Malaysia" (G. Dhanarajan); "Distance Education in New Zealand" (Douglas Gunn and Peter McMechan); "Distance Education in Papua New Guinea" (John Paul and Howard Van Trease); "Distance Education in the Philippines" (Remigio Romulo); and "Distance Education in Sri Lanka" (D.A. Kotelawele). (MN)

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