London (UK), July 2007 - CrossKnowledge, a European leader in web-based management training with more than one million users worldwide, has introduced the first in a series of distance learning management programmes developed with the Open University. The launch of the course on effective project management follows CrossKnowledge's recent expansion to the UK and the opening of its London headquarters, aimed at serving the second-largest eLearning market in the world.
CrossKnowledge's move to the UK marks an important stage in the company's international development, continuing the success it has already had in its home country of France, as well as in Belgium, Canada, China, Japan, and Spain. The UK entry enables CrossKnowledge to offer local support for new and existing customers, many of whom are the European headquarters of large international corporations.
It also allows the company to build and consolidate relationships with strategic partners that already include business schools, such as the Open University and Manchester Business School, and training and coaching organisations, such as Mercuri International and Krauthammer International.
Close co-operation with the Open University, the UK's preeminent distance learning organisation and Europe's largest management-education provider, has resulted in the development of "Becoming an Effective Project Manager" - the first in a series of courses combining the Open University's tutoring experience, teaching techniques, and learning materials, with CrossKnowledge's elearning expertise. Other management courses are currently in development, and are due to be available later this year.
"We are delighted to be strengthening our relationship with CrossKnowledge, combining our experience to provide our business students around the world with first class training materials that they can apply in their real working life," said Charles Edwards, Director CCPD, the Open University. "The opening of our London headquarters and close co-operation with the Open University demonstrate our commitment to the UK market," said Neil Hinwood, Director, CrossKnowledge UK.
Comprising over 300 multi-lingual, interactive learning modules, CrossKnowledge's management training offering has been authored by professors from world-renowned business schools. It delivers high-quality content that learners can access at a time and a pace convenient to them. Modules, developed to ensure the best possible results, last an average of thirty minutes and combine an optimal mix of audio and visual with a series of exercises that continually assess the learner's grasp of the subject matter. Tutors are available via email to answer any learning-content-related queries.
