**2.1.2 Trends in E-learning system development**

The most significant context in which E-learning technology is used is distance education. Used primarily as an education tool for remote locations, especially in Australia, this system became widespread as a result of the development of communication technologies and the rise of the Internet. Distance education is just an expression of the new trend for the consumers of the various training institutions. The accumulation and transfer of credits as well as the modularisation of courses are parts of the same structural transformation of the educational system.

Widespread acceptance of the various types of distance education and training, from study by correspondence to E-learning, is far from complete. The inclusion of distance courses in the common practice of training will have be preceded by multiple efforts of raising the quality standards, supported by research in the field.
