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E-Learning Industry

E-Learning Industry

John Gordon, Zhangxi Lin
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 8
ISBN13: 9781605661988|ISBN10: 1605661988|EISBN13: 9781605661995
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch119
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Gordon, John, and Zhangxi Lin. "E-Learning Industry." Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition, edited by Patricia L. Rogers, et al., IGI Global, 2009, pp. 847-854. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch119

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Gordon, J. & Lin, Z. (2009). E-Learning Industry. In P. Rogers, G. Berg, J. Boettcher, C. Howard, L. Justice, & K. Schenk (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition (pp. 847-854). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch119

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Gordon, John, and Zhangxi Lin. "E-Learning Industry." In Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition, edited by Patricia L. Rogers, et al., 847-854. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch119

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Abstract

E-learning is the process of teaching and learning using electronic media, generally distributed over a network. For a thorough coverage of e-learning, see Anderson and Elloumi (2004). The market for e-learning is the market for the provision, delivery and administration of learning services through the use of new media and network technologies. Following the success of e-commerce, e-learning provides an effective pathway to bring education and training beyond national borders. With the deployment of technology, e-learning can make education and training accessible to even more people and more places around the world. E-learning also is a large information industry that has shown continuous growth over the past few years and is now a key e-commerce-based market. The e-learning industry has gone through many of the development cycles as other high-tech industries, and suffered from the dot-com boom and bust of 2000. It has now entered a period of steady growth, and the future bodes well for its development as a key element in the support and delivery of education and training.

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