The rushed development of information and communication technologies and their impact on the world of learning in the last decade have profoundly changed the paradigms, scenarios and values at all levels of education.

The professionalization of tools and practices, in addition to the consolidation of academic and practical knowledge, has been a major continuing issue throughout these years. The annual conferences of the largest European professional community in distance and e-learning have been setting the landmarks in this process. The selection from this unique knowledge pool demonstrates the deepening and consolidation of knowledge and experience.

This book presents the developments in the field of open, distance and e-learning, through new technologies, methodologies and tools, which have profoundly changed the paradigms, scenarios and values at all levels of education over the last decade.

András Szücs is Professor at Eotvos Lorand University, Hungry.

Ulrich Bernath is Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Ulrich Bernath Foundation for Research in Open and Distance Learning.

Alan Tait is President of the European Distance and E-Learning Network.

Martine Vidal is Vice-President of the European Distance and E-Learning Network.