United States, there are a number of distance education associations at the national and state. Associations at the national level, the Distance Education and Training Council [DETC], the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) and the Federal Government Distance Learning Association (FGDLA) are.

Distance Education and Training Council [DETC] is a nonprofit educational association that serves as a clearinghouse for information on distance learning / correspondence field. This association is an authority in the field of accreditation of distance education in the United States. This accreditation is the institutional and applies only to the accredited institution and its approved programs. All programs of distance education and distance learning activities in the ownership, management and supervision of a registered establishment must be included in the accreditation, or it may not be accredited. In the event of a change in ownership or management of the institution, it must be re-examined. Institutions that are accredited by the DETC known to advanced services for students and well developed, have well-structured curriculum and world-class professors.

The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) is a charitable foundation established under the auspices of the United States Distance Learning Association administers. It offers educational programs for the direct transfer of pre K-12, higher education, professional development of teachers and the general public constituencies. The offers also include the teaching of foreign languages, teacher training, and other general information using digital satellite transmission on a 24 x 7 schedule.

The Federal Government Distance Learning Association (FGDLA) is a nonprofit organization founded to promote the development and application of distance learning.

Register of Associations of Florida Distance Learning Association (FDLA) is Georgia Distance Learning Association (GDLA), Michigan Association for Distance Learning (MADL), and other such. They also promote learning and distance education development in their respective states. Among the global associations of distance education, some European Network for Distance Education (EDEN) and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL). EDEN can encourage developments in distance education. This is particularly involved in distance learning in Europe. The Commonwealth of Learning is an intergovernmental organization created by Commonwealth Heads of Government. The goal here is to the development and sharing of open learning / distance education knowledge, resources and technology to promote. This association helps to improve the developing countries, the quality of education.