More than four out of five UK higher education providers reported having students studying through HE TNE, although over 75% of these were through just 18 universities according to a report released by UUKi.
Three organisations have launched a consultation on the UK's TNE offer with the aim of exploring how it can be delivered most effectively.
A number of TNE options are on the horizon for international partners, after the Philippine government passed an act to modernise its higher education sector.
Transnational education in Nigeria has "huge potential", and new TNE ventures beyond open and distance learning are expected to take off as the country stabilises, a QAA report has noted.
China's MoE has announced the latest batch of joint programs and institutes, including 36 joint degree programs with overseas universities at bachelor's degree level and above, and two joint institutes.
British HEI Oxford Brookes has expanded its agreements with Chegdu University of Technology in Sichuan province, with two new dual-degree programs.
The British Council gave its advice for 2019 and beyond to collected international recruitment professionals at UK universities in Manchester, at the re-named International Education Services Conference.
"We are committed to increasing international collaborations in TNE" says British Council's director of education & society in East Asia as a new advisory group launches.