[Open-education] [OER] ENC: Status of distance education degrees

Mon Jul 31 13:24:25 UTC 2017

Dear Hakikur Rahman,
In Nigeria, distance education degrees are recognised, when they are
obtained from duly accredited institutions. Presently, the National Open
University of Nigeria (NOUN) is the only dedicated single-mode open and
distance learning university in Nigeria. NOUN offers undergraduate and
post-graduate degrees in a variety of academic programmes, in addition, to
short proficiency certificate courses. Another institution is the National
Teachers Institute, which offers pre-service teacher training programmes
and post-graduate diploma in education courses. In addition to these, there
a number of dual mode universities across Nigeria offering degrees to
on-campus and off site (distance) learners. Holders of certificates from
these institutions are fully recognised for employment opportunities and
further academic articulation.
I will be happy to respond to further enquiries about distance education in
Nigeria.
Felix

On 27 Jul 2017 09:51, "ABED" <presidente at abed.org.br> wrote:

> Dear Hakikur Rahman,
>
>
>
> It´s a pleasure to answer your question.
>
> In Brazil, distance education degrees are recognized and the students and
> the degree itself do not have to mention if it was acquired online or in
> face-to-face courses.
>
> Brazil has about 1.3 M distance education students in regulated Higher
> Education online courses, and about 7M students in regulated Higher
> Education face-to-face courses.
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> If we add the free-courses, that do not need government regulation, Brazil
> has more than 5M distance learning students.
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> Until 2017, it was mandatory for an institution to have face-to-face
> courses in order to get the approval to offer distance learning. Since last
> month, the regulation in Brazil allows for the institutions to create
> distance learning courses without having to offer face to face courses.
>
>
>
> Let me know if there is anything else you would like to know.
>
> We also have the analytic Census of Distance Education that has been
> published in Portuguese and English, if you want to understand our context
> in more depth, too: http://www.abed.org.br/site/en/media/census_odl/
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Beitna Van Staa
>
> Counselor ABED
>
>
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> *Assunto: *
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> [OER] Status of distance education degrees
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> *Data: *
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> Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:35:53 +0600
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> *De: *
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> Hakikur Rahman <email at hakik.org> <email at hakik.org>
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> Dear Colleagues,
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> May I know about the status of distance education degrees around the
>
> world. I know that Bangladesh does not recognize degrees under
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> distance education and online degrees.
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> Thanking you,
>
> Hakikur Rahman
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