Are alternative credits only an American thing?

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As far as I know, Rachel is right.  There is a bit of an asterisk next to the answer though.  You see the problem for me is that I only speak English and so I am unable to go to any website in Romania or Paraguay or Cambodia and do the research necessary to answer this question definitively.  The places that are English-based (Britain, Australia, Canada, South Africa don't seem to have systems designed to accelerate degree programs.