"I think Quality Matters standards help faculty determine what they want their students to be able to achieve by the end of the semester by establishing clear and measurable course and lesson objectives that the student can understand."

A member created this overview of a QM Course Review.

Quality Matters is "a leader in quality assurance for online education and has received national recognition for its peer-based approach to continuous improvement in online education and student learning." The program features: Faculty-centered, continuous improvement models for assuring the quality of online courses through peer review.

Here is an article about the APPQMR http://www.sfcollege.edu/ct3/faculty-recognition/success-stories/steve-grosteffon-a-new-way-of-looking-at-online-courses

Quality Matters (QM) is an international organization representing broad inter-institutional collaboration and a shared understanding of online course quality. QM is a leader in quality assurance for online education and has received national recognition for its peer-based approach and continuous improvement in online education and student learning.