Recently retired from the Department of Engineering Professional Development, University of Wisconsin-Madison where he directed continuing education programs in Technical Leadership and Asset Management. Tom is the founder of the University of Wisconsin's online Master of Engineering in Professional Practice Degree and a long-time member of the planning committee for the UW's Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning.
This book is an edited book of case studies from around the world. The case studies serve as illustrative examples of implementation of the concepts of quality, quality assessment and quality assurance in Open and Distance Learning in institutions around the world. The case studies are by authors who are leading experts well known in quality and quality assurance in Open and Distance Learning.