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	Andrea Andrews BellaOnline's Distance Learning Editor

Accreditation- Not A Simple Accomplishment
What is accreditaion and what does it mean? How important is it and who determines accreditation? How is it determined?

Council for Higher Education Accreditation [offsite link]
"A national advocate and institutional voice for self-regulation of academic quality through accreditation, CHEA is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities and recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations"

SCORM [offsite link]
The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), is a collaborative effort between government, industry and academia to establish a new distributed learning environment that permits the interoperability of learning tools and course content on a global scale.

United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) [offsite link]
Advocacy, information, and networking association dedeciated to distance learning. Print Publication, Annual Awards, extensive Resource List.

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