Virtual & Open Universities - A Directory of Distance Learning Outside the US

In my explorations of distance learning leadership and examinations of programs within and outside the U.S., I have started to compile a list of distance and open universities outside the United States. I will be updating this post as I encounter more such institutions.

Open and Distance Learning Programs Outside the U.S.

Open / Distance Learning Program	Website URL	Country/Location
Global Virtual University	http://gvu.unu.edu/index.cfm	Earth / United Nations
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL)	http://www.col.org/Pages/default.aspx	British Commonwealth states
Canadian Virtual University	http://www.cvu-uvc.ca/	Canada
La Universidad Estatal a Distancia	http://www.uned.ac.cr/	Costa Rica
Finnish Virtual University (a consortium of 21 Finnish universities)	http://www.virtuaaliyliopisto.fi/en/index.html	Finland
The Open University of Hong Kong	http://www.ouhk.edu.hk/WCM/?FUELAP_TEMPLATENAME=tcSingPage&lang=eng	Hong Kong
Indira Gandhi National Open University	http://www.ignou.ac.in/	India
Tamil Virtual University	http://www.tamilvu.org/	India
Universitas Terbuka	http://www.ut.ac.id/	Indonesia
African Virtual University	http://www.avu.org/home.asp	Kenya (Pan-African)
Wawasan Open University	http://www.wou.edu.my/default.aspx	Malaysia
Tecnologico de Monterrey ("Monterrey Tec")	http://www.itesm.edu/wps/portal/english?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=	Mexico
Virtual University of Pakistan	http://www.vu.edu.pk/	Pakistan
The University of South Africa (UNISA)	http://www.unisa.ac.za/	South Africa
Universidad Nacional a Distancia (UNED)	http://portal.uned.es/portal/page?_pageid=93,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL	Spain
Syrian Virtual University	http://www.svuonline.org/isis_beta/index.php	Syria
Anadolu University	http://www.anadolu.edu.tr/en/aos/aos_tanitim/aos_tanitim.aspx	Turkey
The Open University of the U.K.	http://www.open.ac.uk/	United Kingdom
Commonwealth Open University	http://www.commopu.org/	(British) Virgin Islands