Open Universities Australia

Open Universities Australia s an online higher education organisation based in Australia. The organisation was previously known as the Open Learning Agency of Australia. The current chairman is Sam Weiss and the chief executive officer is Paul 

The organisation has approximately 170 qualifications available online, which are provided by Australian universities and other education providers.

While the majority of enrolled students are based in Australia, courses are available to students globally. Most undergraduate courses offered have no first year entry requirements and there are no quotas for most courses.

Seven Australian-based universities control the ownership of the organisation. A board of directors, consisting of nominees from the universities which 

own the organisation, governs  In addition, there are also up to five independent directors on the board at any one time.

The organisation has approximately 170 qualifications available online, which are provided by Australian universities and other education providers.

Open Universities Australia was formed as the Open Learning Agency of Australia late 1993 as a private company

The organisation was originally owned by University. In order to provide equal access to students across Australia’s regional areas, they created a partnership 

with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and eight other universities. At this time, the federal government provided funding for the project.

In June 2012, IBM used the organisation as an IT case study after implementing a new IT strategy. The move was aimed at supporting student performance and retention, while also giving the organisation an insight into marketing and sales options

In 2004, OLA changed its name to Open Universities Australia  reflecting the changing demands and expectation of its students. In the same year,

 students gained access to the new provides eligible students with deferred payment options for undergraduate and postgraduate units and courses and remains a popular option 

was launched in March 2013 and is a teaching, learning and assessment platform. It enables universities to offer free courses online.It competes with global online learning platform providers such as and 

In December 2012, the organisation placed a bid for a top level domain, .courses. The bid was made in a lottery draw, held by Assigned Names and Numbers to help assign new generic top-level domains

was launched in March 2013 and is a teaching, learning and assessment platform. It enables universities to offer free courses online.It competes with global online learning platform providers such as and 

In July 2013, acquired a 100 per cent interest in Interact Learning Ltd, trading as , an Australian online training and compliance provider based in Adelaide. Founded in 2001

, has 250 corporate customers across Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand and employs more than 70 staff

Each course is self-contained, complete with interactive course content and resource materials. At the end of each module, students complete a multiple choice online assessment. In order to receive a certificate of completion, the student must average a score of 60% across the four tests for each course

The learning platform provided by consists of weekly modules, which are completed over a four-week period with online assessments at the end of each of the modules. 

In July 2013, acquired a 100 per cent interest in Interact Learning Ltd, trading as , an Australian online training and compliance provider based in Adelaide. Founded in 2001, has 250 corporate customers across Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand and employs more than 70 staff.

In December 2013, launched Open Training Institute, a Registered Training Organisation online Vocational Education and Training