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Open Colleges Australia (Open Colleges) is an online vocational education organization based in Australia. It was previously known as Cengage Education, formerly International Correspondence Schools (ICS), the first distance education provider registered in Australia. The current chairman is Robert Gavshon, and the joint-Chief Executive Officers are Anthony Bohm and Mark Rohald. The majority of enrolled students are based in Australia. All courses are delivered online with the option to receive printed study material. Some courses require work placement as part of the cursus. The organization has approximately 150 qualifications available online including courses provided through the Australian national qualification framework for Technical and further education (TAFE).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=TAFE courses )〕 ==History== Originally operating as the International Correspondence Schools in Australia, the company was bought by Harcourt Learning Direct in 1997,〔(About us: Our History ), Open Colleges Group〕 and then by Thomson Education Direct in 2001〔 and became a part of Thomson Learning. The company name was changed to Thomson Education Direct. In 2007, Thomson Learning was acquired 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. (Thomson Learning Announces New Name - CENGAGE Learning ). 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. In December 2013, Apollo Group acquired a majority stake in Open Colleges Group.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Apollo Global in $150m deal to acquire majority stake in Open Colleges )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Apollo Global Agrees to Acquire Majority Interest in Open Colleges Australia )〕 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「Open Colleges」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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