eLearning in Education

Demographic trends and governments' promotion of higher education will continue to increase student numbers. Distance learning technologies can ease these added pressures education faces, offering an exciting market opportunity for vendors.

Report Highlights

The global eLearning market for higher education is set to grow with a healthy CAGR of 12% to 2008. Although the North American market will continue to dominate, the European market will expand its offering. The total global market will be worth $1,891m by 2008.
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ABOUT DATAMONITOR

WHY LOOK AT ELEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION?

What is eLearning?
What is the basis of this brief?
eLearning in the global environment
Growth in the global eLearning market
Global demand for eLearning
Increase in global demand for education: capacity constraints
Changing teaching styles on the campus
Responsibilities for self-learning
New growth in the distance learning market
eLearning from traditionalists
Virtual universities: the future of learning?

ELEARNING: HARNESSING THE POWER OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Course offering
Operating system
Infrastructure
Security
System management
LCMS learning and content management systems
Successful eLearning: the summary

APPENDIX

Definitions
Research methodology
Future readings
SPP writing team
How to contact experts in your industry
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