This growth is attributed to better, cheaper and more prevalent internet access and to the improvement in the quality of elearning tools. North America is expected to retain its dominance of the market, accounting for two-thirds of worldwide revenues by 2004, although Western Europe is forecast to be the fastest-growing market with a predicted growth of 97% between 1999-2004.
Currently, IT training dominates the market but a shift to non-IT courses is predicted. Whilst such courses currently make up only 28% of the market, the forecasted figure for 2004 is 54%.
