Hannover (GER), December 2006 - Quality and standardisation in eLearning have become crucial success factors for organisations in learning, education, and training. In fact, eLearning is no longer in its "early adopter" stage but has become an integrated part of learning scenarios leading to major changes in educational organisations' orientation toward quality.

Thorough understanding of quality and standards in eLearning is critical in the building of a knowledge society. The handbook (ISBN-10: 3-540-32787-8, ISBN-13: 978-3-540-32787-5)
provides a cross-national perspective on these issues and draws a clear picture of the situation in quality development and standardisation. It covers topics of a rather fundamental nature in quality and standardisation research as well as descriptions of quality approaches, instruments, standards, experiences, and best practices. The Handbook is directed at learners, professionals, researchers, and policy makers - the creators of the next generation of learning.