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ACBS
|
Academic Credit Bank System
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ACDE
|
African Council for Distance Education
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ACE
|
Advancement of College Education
(Case of Japan and Korea)
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ACE
|
Academic Commons for Education
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ACE
|
Awards for OpenCourseWare Excellence
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ACODE
|
Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning
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ACT
|
Australian Capital Territory
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ACU
|
ASEAN Cyber University
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ACU-OCW
|
ASEAN Cyber University-OpenCourseWare
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ADDIE
|
Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation
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ADMS
|
Academic Data Management System
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AfSIS
|
African Soil Information Service
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AHERO
|
African Higher Education Research Online
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AI
|
Artificial Intelligence
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ANECA
|
National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain
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ANU
|
Australian National University
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ANU
|
Africa Nazarene University
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AOASG
|
Australasian Open Access Strategy Group
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API
|
Application Programming Interface
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APQN
|
Asia Pacific Quality Network
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AQF
|
Australian Quality Framework
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AQU
|
Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency
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ARC
|
Australian Research Council
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ARCA
|
RSS Aggregator for the Academic Community
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ARDC
|
Australian Research Data Commons
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ARDEB
|
Research Support Program
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AR4D
|
Agricultural Research for Development
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ARROW
|
Australian Research Repositories Online to the World
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ASARECA
|
Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa
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ASCILITE
|
Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
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ASEAN
|
Association of South-East Asian Nations
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ASSAF
|
Academy of Science of South Africa
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ATEN
|
African Teacher Education OER Network
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ATN
|
Australian Technology Network of Universities
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ATSIDA
|
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Archive
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AusGOAL
|
Australian Government Open Access and Licensing Framework
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AVU
|
African Virtual University
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BAP
|
Scientific Research Projects
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BASE
|
Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
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BC
|
British Columbia
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BCIT
|
British Columbia Institute of Technology
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BMBF
|
Federal Ministery of Education and Research
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BNU
|
Beijing Normal University
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BOU
|
Beijing Open University
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BTK
|
Information Technology and Communications Authority
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BW
|
Baden-Württemberg
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CAP
|
Chinese Advanced Placement
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CARL
|
Canadian Association of Research Libraries
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CAUDIT
|
Council of Australasian University Directors of Information Technology
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CAUL
|
Council of Australian University Librarians
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CAULLT
|
Council of Australasian University Leaders in Learning and Teaching
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CC
|
Creative Commons
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CCK08
|
Connectivism and Connective Knowledge
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CDLRA
|
Canadian Digital Learning Research Association
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CDO
|
Chief Digital Officer
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CEDEC
|
National Centre of Curricular Development in non Proprietary Systems
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CELTSC
|
Chinese E-Learning Technology Standardization Committee
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CENT
|
Centre of Education and New Technologies
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CEOE
|
Spanish Confederation of Corporate Organisations
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CERNET
|
China Education and Research Network
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CET
|
Centre for Educational Technology
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CHE
|
Centre for Higher Education
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CHE
|
Council on Higher Education
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CHEA
|
Council for Higher Education Accreditation
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CIC
|
Interuniversity Council of Catalonia
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CIGI
|
Centre for International Governance Innovation
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CILT
|
Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching
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CiNii
|
Academic Information Circulation System
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CIO
|
Chief Information Officer
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CK
|
Creative Korea
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CLO
|
Colleges Libraries Ontario
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CMFS
|
China MOOCs for Foreign Studies
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CMS
|
Content Management System
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CMTN
|
Coast Mountain College
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CNC
|
College of New Caledonia
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CNIE
|
Canadian Network for Innovation in Education
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COER
|
College of humanities‘ Research and Education
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COHE
|
Council of Higher Education
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CoL
|
Commonwealth of Learning
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CoSTEP
|
Communication in Science and Technology Education & Research Program
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CotR
|
College of the Rockies
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CPC
|
Communist Party of China
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CPD
|
Continuing Professional Development
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CPEHE
|
Center for the Promotion of Excellence in Higher Education
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CRDHE
|
The Center for Research and Development of Higher Education
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CRUE
|
Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Spanish Universities
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CSIR
|
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
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CSIRO
|
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
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CSUC
|
Consortium of Catalan University Services
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CTL
|
Center for Teaching and Learning
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CU
|
C University
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CU+
|
Career Up Plus
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CUM
|
Chinese University MOOC
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CUMCM
|
Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling
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DBE
|
Department of Basic Education, South Africa
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DET
|
Department of Education and Training, South Africa
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DHET
|
Department of Higher Education and Training, South Africa
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DH-NRW
|
Digital University North Rhine-Westphalia
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DIIS
|
Department of Industry Innovation and Science
|
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DIPF
|
Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
|
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DIPIP
|
Data Informed Practice Improvement Project
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DOAJ
|
Directory of Open Access Journals
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DOAR
|
Directory of Open Access Repositories
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DOE
|
Department of Education, China
|
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DOT4D
|
Digital Online Textbooks for Development
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DRIVER
|
Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research
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DST
|
Department of Science and Technology, South Africa
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DUCE
|
Dar es Salaam College of Education
|
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DVC
|
Deputy Vice-Chancellors
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EBA
|
Educational Informatics Network
|
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ECTS
|
European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
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ECUAD
|
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
|
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eCULT+
|
eCompetence and Utilities for Learners and Teachers
|
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EDMS
|
Electronic Document Management System
|
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EDTSC
|
Educational Digitalization Technology Standard Committee
|
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EHEA
|
European Higher Education Area
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EKUAL
|
National Academic License for Electronic Resources
|
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ELAN
|
E-Learning Academic Network
|
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eLOR
|
eLearning Objects Repository
|
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ENI
|
National Interoperability Framework of Spain
|
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ENQA
|
European Quality Assurance Association in Higher Education
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EOSC
|
European Open Science Cloud
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EQA
|
Education Quality Assurance
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ER
|
Educational Resources
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ERIC
|
Education Resources Information Center
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EUA
|
European Universities Association
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F.A.I.R.
|
Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable
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FARA
|
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
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FECYT
|
Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology
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FHSST
|
Free High School Science Texts
|
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GDP
|
Gross Domestic Product
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GeRDI
|
Generic Research Data Infrastructure
|
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GLOBE
|
Global Learning Object Brokered Exchange
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HAW Hamburg
|
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
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HBZ
|
University Library Center of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
|
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HE
|
Higher Education
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HEC
|
Higher Education Council
|
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HEI
|
Higher Education Institution
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HEQC
|
Higher Education Quality Council
|
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HERDSA
|
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
|
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HFD
|
Hochschulforum Digitalisierung
|
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HOOU
|
Hamburg Open Online University
|
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IA
|
Infrastructure Australia
|
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IATI
|
International Aid Transparency Initiative
|
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ICC
|
Information & Computer Center
|
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ICT
|
Information and Communications Technology
|
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ICTS
|
Information and Communication Technology Services
|
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ICU
|
International Christian University, Japan
|
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ID
|
Instructional Design
|
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IDRC
|
Canadian International Development Research Centre
|
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IEEE
|
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
|
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iFLYTEK
|
Chinese information technology company
|
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IIC
|
Information Initiative Center
|
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INTEF
|
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training, Spain
|
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INQUAAHE
|
International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education
|
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IoT
|
Internet of Things
|
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IP
|
Intellectual Property
|
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IPR
|
Intellectual Property Rights
|
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IR
|
Institutional Repository
|
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IRDB
|
Institutional Repositories Database
|
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IRRODL
|
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
|
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ISA
|
Innovation and Science Australia
|
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ISKME
|
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education
|
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IS&T
|
Information System and Technology
|
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ITAC
|
Information Technology Association of Canada
|
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ITC
|
Information Technology Center
|
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IWM
|
Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien
|
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JIBC
|
Justice Institute of British Columbia
|
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JISC
|
Joint Information Systems Committee
|
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JMOOC
|
Japan Massive Open Online Education Promotion Council
|
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JOCW
|
Japan OpenCourseWare
|
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JPCOAR
|
Japan Consortium for Open Access Repository
|
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KCU Consortium
|
Korea Cyber University Consortium
|
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KEM
|
Korea Education Metadata
|
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KERIS
|
Korea Education and Research Information Service
|
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KMK
|
Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs, Germany
|
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K-MOOC
|
Korean Massive Open Online Course
|
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KNUST
|
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
|
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KOCW
|
Korea OpenCourseWare
|
|
KOCWC
|
Korean OpenCourseWare College
|
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KPU
|
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
|
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KREN
|
Korea Education Network
|
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LCKC
|
Learning Cell Knowledge Community
|
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LIFE
|
Libraries For Everyone
|
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LINC+
|
Leaders in INdustry-university Cooperation
|
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LMS
|
Learning Management System
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LOCKSS
|
Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe
|
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LOM
|
Learning Object Metadata
|
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LOR
|
Learning Object Repository
|
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LRMI
|
Learning Resource Metadata Initiative
|
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LTIP
|
Learning and Teaching Induction Program
|
|
LTSM
|
Learning and Teaching Support Materials
|
|
LTSC
|
Learning Technology Standards Committee
|
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MDERC
|
Modern Distance Education Resources Committee
|
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MDX
|
Teaching Materials in Net
|
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MECD
|
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, Spain
|
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METU
|
Middle East Technical University
|
|
MOE
|
Ministry of Education, China
|
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MoNE
|
Ministry of National Education, Turkey
|
|
MOOC
|
Massive Open Online Course
|
|
mOOC
|
micro Open Online Course
|
|
MOST
|
Mutual Online System for Teaching & Learning
|
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NARS
|
National Agricultural Research Systems
|
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NCI
|
National Computational Infrastructure
|
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NERC
|
National E-learning Resources Center
|
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NFDP
|
New Faculty Development Program, ICU
|
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NGO
|
Non-Governmental Organization
|
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NHMRC
|
National Health and Medical Research Council
|
|
NIC
|
North Island College
|
|
NII
|
National Institute of Informatics
|
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NILE
|
National Institute for Lifelong Education
|
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NLC
|
Northern Lights College
|
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NMMU
|
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
|
|
NOOC
|
Nano Open Online Massive
|
|
NOUN
|
National Open University of Nigeria
|
|
NRC
|
National Reading Coalition
|
|
NRF
|
National Research Foundation
|
|
NRW
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
|
NSW
|
New South Wales
|
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NT
|
Northern Territory
|
|
NVIT
|
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
|
|
NZ
|
New Zealand
|
|
OAI
|
Open Archives Initiative
|
|
OAI-ORE
|
Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse and Exchange
|
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OAI-PMH
|
Open Archives Initiative-Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
|
|
OAIS
|
Open Archival Information System
|
|
OCAV
|
Ontario Council of Academic Vice-Presidents
|
|
OCLS
|
Ontario Colleges Library Service
|
|
OCUL
|
Ontario Council of University Libraries
|
|
OCW
|
OpenCourseWare
|
|
ODL
|
Open and Distance Learning
|
|
ODLAA
|
Open & Distance Learning Australia
|
|
OEC
|
Center for Open Education
|
|
OEC
|
Open Education Consortium
|
|
OECD
|
Organisation for Economic, Co-operation and Development
|
|
OEP
|
Open Educational Practices
|
|
OER
|
Open Educational Resources
|
|
OJS
|
Open Journal Systems
|
|
OL
|
Open Learning
|
|
OLC
|
Online Learning Consortium
|
|
ON
|
Ontario
|
|
OOI
|
Ontario Online Institute
|
|
OPE
|
Operation Phakisa in Education
|
|
OpenDOAR
|
Directory of Open Access Repositories
|
|
OUC
|
Open University of China
|
|
OUJ
|
Open University Japan
|
|
ORC-ID
|
Open Researcher and Contributor ID
|
|
PD
|
Professional Development
|
|
PEQAB
|
Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board
|
|
PHEA
|
Partnership for Higher Education in Africa
|
|
PKU
|
Peking University
|
|
PSE
|
Postsecondary Education
|
|
PSET
|
Post-school Education and Training
|
|
QA
|
Quality Assurance
|
|
QTI
|
Question & Test Interoperability
|
|
Que
|
Queensland
|
|
QULOC
|
Queensland University Libraries Office of Cooperation
|
|
R&D
|
Research and Development
|
|
REBIUN
|
Network of Spanish University Libraries
|
|
RECOLECTA
|
Open Science Harvester, Spain
|
|
RISS
|
Research Information Sharing Service
|
|
RMIT
|
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
|
|
ROAR
|
Registry of Open Access Repositories
|
|
ROARMAP
|
Registry of Open Access Repositories Mandatory Archiving Policies
|
|
ROER4D
|
Research on Open Educational Resources for Development
|
|
ROIS
|
Research Organization of Information and Systems
|
|
RRU
|
Royal Roads University
|
|
RTVU
|
China Central Radio and Television University
|
|
RUBRIC
|
Regional Universities Building Research Infrastructure Collaboratively
|
|
RUC
|
Renmin University of China
|
|
RWTH
|
Rheinish-Westphalian Technical University
|
|
SA
|
South Australia
|
|
SABINET
|
South African Bibliographical and Information Network
|
|
SABIS
|
Sakarya University Information System
|
|
SAIDE
|
South African Institute of Distance Education
|
|
SAIIA
|
South African Institute of International Affairs
|
|
SAIVCET
|
South African Institute for Vocational and Continuing Education and Training
|
|
SALDRU
|
Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
|
|
SANLIC
|
South African National Library and Information Consortium
|
|
SAUX
|
Sakarya University Extended
|
|
SCI
|
Science Citation Index
|
|
SciELO
|
Scientific Electronic Library Online
|
|
SCORM
|
Sharable Content Object Reference Model
|
|
SCOSS
|
Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services
|
|
SCUT
|
South China University of Technology
|
|
SFU
|
Simon Fraser University
|
|
SINET
|
Science Information NETwork
|
|
SNU
|
Seoul National University
|
|
SOS
|
Study of Success
|
|
SPARC
|
Smart Pavements Australia Research Collaboration
|
|
SPOCs
|
Small Private Online Courses
|
|
SSCI
|
Social Sciences Citation Index
|
|
STEM
|
Science Technology Engineering Mathematics
|
|
SWOT
|
Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
|
|
SynLLOER
|
Synergies for Teaching and Learning through OER
|
|
TA
|
Teaching Assistant
|
|
TBD
|
Turkish Informatics Association
|
|
TDX
|
Doctoral Thesis in Net
|
|
TEL
|
Technology Enhanced Learning
|
|
TEQSA
|
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
|
|
TESSA
|
Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa
|
|
THE
|
Times Higher Education
|
|
THEQC
|
Turkish Higher Education Quality Council
|
|
TRU
|
Thompson Rivers University
|
|
TSMDERC
|
Technical Specifications for Modern Distance Education Resources Construction
|
|
TSSSCC
|
Technical Specifications for State-benchmarking Shared Courses Construction
|
|
TÜBİTAK
|
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
|
|
TUHH
|
Technical University of Hamburg
|
|
TUT
|
Tshwane University of Technology
|
|
TVET
|
Technical and Vocational Education and Training
|
|
UAB
|
Autonomous University of Barcelona
|
|
UADMK
|
National Open Courseware Consortium
|
|
UB
|
University Library
|
|
UB
|
University of Barcelona
|
|
UBC
|
University of British Columbia
|
|
UCM
|
Complutense University of Madrid
|
|
UC3M
|
University Carlos III of Madrid
|
|
UCT
|
University of Cape Town
|
|
UDE
|
University Duisburg Essen
|
|
UdG
|
University of Girona
|
|
UDIMA, private open university
|
Distance University of Madrid
|
|
UdL
|
University of Lleida
|
|
UFS
|
University of the Free State
|
|
UFV
|
University of the Fraser Valley
|
|
UG
|
University of Ghana
|
|
UH
|
University H, Japan
|
|
UIB
|
University of the Balearic Islands
|
|
UJ
|
University of Johannesburg
|
|
UJS
|
Turkish Academic Network and Information Center Journal Systems
|
|
UKZN
|
University of Kwazulu Natal
|
|
ULAKBIM
|
Turkish Academic Network and Information Center
|
|
UNBC
|
University of Northern British Columbia
|
|
UNED
|
National University of Distance Education
|
|
UNESCO
|
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
|
|
UNIA
|
University of Seville
|
|
UNIR
|
International University of La Rioja
|
|
Unisa
|
University of South Africa
|
|
UNED
|
National Distance Education University
|
|
UOC
|
Open University of Catalonia
|
|
UOW
|
University of Wollongong
|
|
UP
|
University of Pretoria
|
|
UPC
|
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
|
|
UPF
|
Pompeu Fabra University
|
|
UPM
|
Polytechnic University of Madrid
|
|
UPV
|
Polytechnic University of Valencia
|
|
URV
|
University of Rovira i Virgili
|
|
USAf
|
Universities South Africa
|
|
USQ
|
University of Southern Queensland
|
|
UTAS
|
University of Tasmania
|
|
UTEID
|
Unit for Educational Technology and Innovative Teaching
|
|
UTokyo
|
University of Tokyo
|
|
UTS
|
University of Technology Sydney
|
|
UVic
|
University of Victoria
|
|
UVic
|
University of Vic
|
|
UWC
|
University of Western Cape
|
|
UZEMs
|
Distance Education Centers
|
|
VCC
|
Vancouver Community College
|
|
VET
|
Vocational Education and Training
|
|
VHB
|
Virtual University Bavaria
|
|
Vic
|
Victoria, Canada
|
|
VIU
|
Vancouver Island University
|
|
VUT
|
Vaal University of Technology
|
|
WA
|
Western Australia
|
|
WOS
|
Web of Science
|
|
XCITR
|
eXplore Chemical Information Teaching Resources
|
|
ZIM
|
Learning Technologies Division of the Centre for Media and Information Services
|
|
ZOERR
|
The Central OER Repository of the Universities of the State of Baden-Württemberg
|