ABSTRACT
There is an increasing need for education, since the workforce of today is expected to be highly educated and continuously improve and acquire skills by engaging in life-long learning. E-learning is a promising solution to enable lifelong, flexible, and on-the-job training. E-learning, here defined as learning and teaching facilitated online through network technologies, has been argued to be one of the most powerful responses to meet the growing need for education (Zhang, Zhao, Zhou, & Nunamaker, 2004). A key challenge is to manage e-learning in effective and efficient ways to support improved learning outcomes and the development of new skills. Some have been concerned with the learning outcomes of e-learners. However, a review of 355 comparative studies reveals that there is no significant difference in learning outcomes, commonly measured as grades or exam results, between traditional and e-learning modes of delivery (Russell, 2001).
