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Cengage Education (formerly known as Thomson Education Direct) is a distance education course provider based out of Sydney, NSW, Australia. The company has been providing distance education in Australia since 1910, making it the oldest and most respected distance learning provider in Australia. In that time the company has taught more than 700,000 students. The company provides more than 130 online and correspondence courses, from nationally recognised vocational qualifications to a variety of hobby and lifestyle courses. The company is a part of Open Colleges, a leading provider of distance learning to adult learners. ==History== Originally operating as the International Correspondence Schools in Australia, the company was bought by The Thomson Corporation in the early 2000s and became a part of Thomson Learning. The company name was changed to Thomson Education Direct. In 2007, Thomson Learning was bought by a private equity consortium consisting of Apax Partners and OMERS Capital Partners and the name was changed to Cengage Learning in July 2007.〔Cengage Learning Press Release.2004-02-24.http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/thomson-learning-announces-new-name---cengage-learning-52765167.html. Retrieved 2009-12-11〕 Thomson Education Direct got renamed to Cengage Education.
In November 2010 Cengage Learning entered into an agreement with the Open Colleges Group for the sale of Cengage Education. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cengage Education」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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