Publisher's Synopsis
This book will mention the distance education practices in Turkey, and will examine and discuss the role of leadership which should be undertaken by Turkey in the region of Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Baltic, Turkic, Caucasian, Middle East, Arab Peninsula and North Africa regions countries. It is a well-known fact that the international distance education organizations in the world are not well organized and functional in this area in the name of educational institutionalism. To fill this gap, it will be argued that Turkey might have a leadership role in the distance education field in this region and can organize the practices of the regional countries in academy and practice. The structure of the potential distance education organization and the regulations of the organizations will be discussed based on this argument. And also, the suggested name for this regional group is UDEEEWANA (International Council for Distance Education for Eastern Europe and West Asia). A draft of the constitution of the recommended association will be presented and discussed, which will be regulated and redesigned in accordance with other regional distance education associations in the world. In short, "Eastern Europe" is the conventional use and we encourage you to use "Western Asia" to suggest to the reader that Western Asia is a clearly defined area. Because, with the assistance of organizations like UDEEEWANA, Western Asia will grow in regional significance and stature. Keywords: Educational institutionalism, Anadolu University, AAOU, ABED, ACDE, ADLA, CADE, COL, DEANZ, EADTU, EDEN, EADTU, ICDE, ODLAA, SEAMEO, UNESCO, USDLA, Turkey, International DE Associations.
