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H.E. Dr. Mansoor Al Awar made the opening remarks at the meeting, which was followed by
remarks from H.E. Dr. Amr Ezzat Salama, Secretary General, Association of Arab Universities

(AARU), who expressed his gratitude to HBMSU for initiating the Consortium and bringing
together all its members. He emphasised the crucial goal of the Consortium - to establish a

collective understanding of quality in online higher education in the rapidly changing world and
to ensure that students receive the highest levels of educational excellence.

Ms. Torunn Gjelsvik, Secretary General of the International Council for Open and Distance

Education (ICDE), reaffirmed ICDE's steadfast support to the Consortium as a strategic
partner, expressing,“I must commend HBMSU, led by Dr. Mansoor Al Awar, for the notable

achievements in 2023. The creation of a highly valuable toolkit is particularly noteworthy.”

Prof. Moustafa Hassan, Vice Chancellor for International Cooperation in HBMSU, presented
the benchmarking implementation cycle report for 2023, while also making a presentation on
the benchmarking framework toolkit. Several other discussions on key topics that would

impact the future of online higher education were also held, making the Annual Meeting for

Online Higher Education Consortium a remarkable success.

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