Work in progress - developing Joint Degrees through e-Learning systems

The development of joint degrees is an important mechanism for opening higher education systems nationwide, adapting them to the international standard, and promoting quality assessment to a broader environment. Since e-learning systems covers a wide range of academic programs, and as joint degrees such as e-learning are rapidly growing trends, finding a suitable solution that enables universities to design joint degrees through their own e-learning systems becomes necessary. This paper introduces the design of a federated service-oriented architecture, which through collaboration agreements, will allow the development of new curricula and the participation in the unstoppable process of globalization.