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An Analysis of Online Education and Learning Management Systems in the Nordic Countries

Overview This paper presents the results from an analysis of online education and Learning Management Systems (LMS) in the five Nordic countries. The analysis is based on literature review and in-depth interviews with 20 selected Nordic training managers. The analysis comprises a broad range of institutions from primary education, secondary education, higher education, distance education, and corporate training. LMS systems seem to be widely used in Nordic education and there is a clear trend towards large-scale online education.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	University of West Georgia	File Format	HTML
Date Published	April 2005	Downloads	5
Format	White Papers
Topics	Learning Management Systems, Online - Distance Education

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