Friday, March 25, 2005

E-learning in the adult continuing education market.

How much of the adult continuing education market conducted via e-learning? There has been a considerable amount of research conducted about for credit e-learning but there are not many studies about non-credit e-learning. The adult education e-learning market continues to grow at close to double-digit rates every year. Projections show the industry will be worth over $400 million dollars within a few years.

Third party companies like Gatlin Education Services in partnership with major Colleges and Universities provide a large percentage of the e-learning content to adults focused on new careers and career development. These educational institutions have found developing on-line content an expensive proposition. There are tremendous costs associated with developing content, hiring instructors, hosting the content and marketing the courses. A unique niche exists for third party content providers in the continuing education market.

Next, we will explore on-line course types and whether eLearning is right for you.

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