Describe the concept of Political Development and its impact on democracy.

Explain measurement and indices of human development.

What do you understand by ‘Continuing Professional Development? Explain a framework for online Continuing Professional Development.

Discuss the pedagogical role of a teacher in online education and training.

Discuss any four advantages of the course term approach followed by the Open University,UK.

Write a note on ‘bulletin board’ system.

How does management information system (MIS) contribute to effective functioning of an organization?

What is the importance of training need assessment? Discuss various processes of identification of training needs.

Describe the funding patterns of one open university in Asia, and briefly enumerate the lessons that can be learnt from its policies to run an efficient distance education system.

Explain cost functions in distance education from an operational point of view?

Explain the difference between ‘human capital’ and ‘physical capital’.

What are the main modes by which international supply of educational services takes place? Explain with examples.

Briefly describe the differences between ‘cost-effectiveness’ and ‘cost efficiency’.

Describe how distance education can contribute to the formation of human capital.

Describe the major differences between ‘economic growth’ and ‘economic development’.

Describe briefly the various heads and sub-heads of a research proposal in distance education, and what content should be included in each of those

Distinguish between random sampling and purposive sampling with the help of an example.

Distinguish between research hypothesis and null hypothesis with the help of an example.

Describe briefly various research paradigms in distance education.

Discuss the mechanisms through which organisations learn. (Unit-4 of Block-5 would help you to answer this question).