Top eLearning Statistics And Facts For 2015
1.The Global eLearning Industry
Market.
The global eLearning Market is expected to reach
$107 billion by 2015 [5]. The global self-paced eLearning market reached $32.1
billion in revenue in 2010 [3], with a five year compound annual growth rate of
approximately 9.2%. This means that the self-paced eLearning market should see
estimated revenues of $49.9 billion in 2015 [3].
2. Top 10 Growth
Rates By Country.
Growth rate shows how each country adopts eLearning and is a significant
indicator since it can reveal revenue opportunities. The growth rate of
self-paced eLearning by country is [3]:
Ø India: 55%
Ø China: 52%
Ø Malaysia: 41%
Ø Romania: 38%
Ø Poland: 28%
Ø Czech Republic: 27%
Ø Brazil: 26%
Ø Indonesia: 25%
Ø Colombia: 20%
Ø
Ukraine: 20%
3. Learning Management
System Market.
The LMS market was worth $2.55 billion in 2013 with an estimated compound
annual growth rate of approximately 25.2% [2]. In other words, the LMS market
is expected to worth approximately $4 billion in 2015 and over $7 billion in
2018. The highest proportion of revenue contribution is expected to be
generated in North America.
3.
Mobile
Learning Market.
The worldwide market for Mobile Learning products and services reached $5.3
billion in 2012 [7]. With a compound annual growth rate of 18.2% for the next
five years, it is estimated that the worldwide mobile learning market in 2015
will reach $8.7 billion and it will even reach $12.2 billion by 2017. It
is worth to note that while in 2012 the top buyers of mobile learning products
and services where US, Japan, South Korea, China, and India, it is expected
that by 2017 the top buyers of mobile learning products and services will be
China, US, Indonesia, India, and Brazil.
4.
MOOCs
in Corporate Training.
Currently 8% of companies use MOOCs, while another 7% consider to experiment
with MOOCs. It is predicted that in the following two years this percentage
will rise to 28% [4].
Examples:
Ø
more than 350 companies
cooperate with Coursera and Udacity to identify the best students that would
probably make the best possible candidates for relevant jobs [8].
Ø
Google has already
enrolled 80,000 of its employees in Udacity’s HTML5 course [8].
5.
Online
Corporate Training.
The online corporate market is expected to grow by 13% per year up to 2017.
Today, 77% of USA companies offer online corporate training to improve the
professional development of their employees [9].
7.
eLearning
Top Buyers.
Large companies are the main purchasers of eLearning products and services. As
a matter of fact, these companies make up roughly 30% of all eLearning buyers
[1].
8. Corporate Training Delivery Methods.
The training delivery methods for 2014 were as follows [6]:
Ø 47% of training hours were delivered by
instructor led classroom only setting- increased by 3% as compared to previous
year
Ø 29.1% of training hours were delivered with
blended learning methods- increased by 0.8 as compared to previous year
Ø 28.5% of training hours were delivered via
online or computer based technologies (no- instructor)- increased by 2.6% as
compared to previous year
Ø 15% of training hours were delivered via virtual
classroom/ webcast only (instructor from remote location)- decreased by 1% as
compared to previous year
Ø 4.2% of training hours were delivered via social
learning- increased by 0.9% as compared to previous year
Ø 1.4% of training hours were delivered via mobile
devices- decreased by 0.5 as compared to previous year.
9. Learning Technologies
The learning
technologies used for 2014 were as follows [6]:
Ø 74% of companies currently use Learning
management systems (LMS) and Virtual classroom/ webcasting/ video broadcasting
Ø 48% of companies currently use Rapid eLearning
Tool (ppt conversion tool)
Ø 33% of companies currently use Application
simulation tool
Ø 25% of companies currently use Learning Content
Management System
Ø 21% of companies currently use Online
performance support or knowledge management system
Ø 18% of companies currently use Mobile
Applications
Ø 11% of companies currently use Podcasting.
10. Demand of eLearning Software And Services
in 2015.
The following statistics
present what the small, mid-sized and large companies intend to purchase in
2015, based on the 2014 Training Industry Report [6].
Ø 44% of companies intent to purchase online
learning tools and systems
Ø 41% of companies intent to purchase Learning
Management Systems (LMSs)
Ø 37% of companies intent to purchase authoring
tools/systems
Ø 33% of companies intent to purchase classroom tools
and systems
Ø 29% of companies intent to purchase content
development products and services
Ø 27% of companies intent to purchase courseware
design and presentation tools and software
Ø 18% of companies intent to purchase audio and
web conferencing products and systems.
Examples:
The training delivery methods for 2014 were as follows [6]:
The learning technologies used for 2014 were as follows [6]:
The following statistics present what the small, mid-sized and large companies intend to purchase in 2015, based on the 2014 Training Industry Report [6].

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