Establishing Service-Oriented Elearning:Business Models and Organizational Changes

A number of publicly funded projects for the development of elearning platforms and content iscurrently reaching the end of their development phase; as a consequence, a market strategyhas to be implemented to ensure the survival of the findings and developments. Research hasbeen done to build business models for centralized platforms that offer an all-in-one solution ofelearning systems. However, current technical research concentrates on the provision of elearningWeb services to make platforms more flexible and accessible for learners.[...]