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Mkwizu, Cecilia Junio-Sabio  \nAbstract: Due to the recent developments in the delivery of teaching-learning processes when COVID- 19 hit the world with a health crisis and pandemic, it is crucial to look into the quality of courses delivered via online means or through distance education modality. This paper examines implementation and application of quality assurance (QA) landscape in Distance Education (DE) . A documentary review using bibliographic inquiry is used as a methodology approach to gather relevant information to address the study questions. Previous studies on QA in DE are examined and arranged into themes using thematic analysis. Findings revealed that most of the literature on QA in DE in Africa and Asia based on the reviewed Open and Distance Learning (ODL) institutions are basically dealing with frameworks, outcomes and performance, instructional design, student services and challenges as well as parity in terms of quality with the traditional institutions. Therefore, this paper concludes that more studies are needed for QA in DE to match the post-COVID-19 trends on improving QA. This implies that there is a need to expand research on QA in DE to include areas of artificial intelligence.  \nKeywords: distance education, quality assurance, bibliographic inquiry , Africa, Asia  \nHighlights  \nWhat is already known about this topic:  \n• QA measures in most countries are generally designed for conventional higher education institutions and not for open learning system and DE.  \n• Concern over the quality of DE delivered.  \nWhat this paper contributes:  \n• QA implementation and application in DE particularly ODL institutions in Africa and Asia.  \n• The extent of implementation and application of QA best practices and standards to some DE institutions in Africa and Asia.  \n• Highlight outcomes , performances and challenges of implementing QA measures. Implications for theory, practice and/or policy:  \n• Policy implication: Policy makers to encourage more research on QA in DE that matches post COVID-19 trends like artificial intelligence.  \n• Practical implication: Education practitioners to also put emphasis on implementation and application of QA in DE which undergo regular evaluation so as to determine any shortfalls or challenges for immediate corrections.  \nIntroduction  \nThere has been an individual and social need to improve the quality of what people learn over many years of schooling. Several efforts and initiatives have been made at the national, regional, and international level with regard to Quality Assurance (QA) in Distance Education (DE), including elearning (Jung, 2022; Jung et al. , 2011 ; Kihwelo, 2013) while Arthur-Nyarko et al. (2020) emphasized on digitizing distance learning materials. In fact, Saritas et al. (2022) revealed that online course meetings in terms of video meetings and screen sharing differed among departments when assessing as well as evaluating the activities conducted in Learning Management Systems (LMS) . Worldwide, the number of universities have increased with India having the most universities recording 5,350 universities in July 2023 (Statista, 2023) . Over the last few years, there has also been a substantial growth in DE providers and operators in Asia but also in Africa (Commonwealth of Learning, 2019) . For Asia, notable open universities include The Open University of China in China, Open University of Japan in Japan and the Indira Ghandi National Open University in India (Kanwar & Mishra, 2023) while in Africa, there is the National Open University of Nigeria in Nigeria , University of South Africa (UNISA) in South Africa (Kanwar & Mishra, 2023) and The Open University of Tanzania in Tanzania (Mkwizu & Ngaruko, 2020) that offer DE. In 2016, Latchem noted that there is more concern about QA in areas like teaching and learning, Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs) and e-learning (Latchem, 20","cbCaipOUXBmSYXmG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipOUXBmSYXmG","pdf",385566,17,"English","# Abstract\n# Highlights\n## What is already known about this topic\n## What this paper contributes\n## Implications for theory, practice and/or policy\n# Introduction\n## Background and rationale\n## Aim, objectives, and research questions","[{\"question\":\"Why is quality assurance important in distance education during and after COVID-19?\",\"answer\":\"Because online and distance education delivery rapidly expanded under the COVID-19 health crisis, ensuring course quality became critical. 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