e-Learning Books

e-Learning Resources and Online Learning Books

There are many e-learning books in print. This page contains a list of popular and helpful texts and readings in e-learning. Also take a look at the instructional design and technology page for more listings on foundational books and texts. Research-based instructional design writings form the core of good e-learning books. A growing trends is e-book publishing(electronic books, eBooks, ebooks). E-books are e-texts which make up the digital media equivalent. They are read using personal computers and smart phones. They are also available in conventional print formats. Some schools are beginning to adopt e-learning books in digital format especially for online courses.

E-Learning, Online and Distance Education Books

Classic, Popular and Current Instructional Design and Technology Books

Training, Project Management, Human Performance Technology (HPT) Books

Classroom Technology Integration and Teacher Education Books

Designing E-Learning (ASTD E-Learning Series, 6th Bk.) by Saul Carliner 2002

Designing Successful e-Learning, Michael Allen's Online Learning Library: Forget What You Know About Instructional Design and Do Something Interesting (Michael Allen's E-Learning Library) by Michael W. Allen 2007

Developing/Implementing a Corporate University by Jeffrey W. Grenzer 2006

Distance Training: How Innovative Organizations are Using Technology to Maximize Learning and Meet Business Objectives by Deborah A. Schreiber and Zane L. Berge 1998

E-learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning by Ruth Clark and Richard E. Mayer 2002

E-learning: Strategies for Delivering Knowledge in the Digital Age by Marc J. Rosenberg 2000

Engaging Learning: Designing e-Learning Simulation Games (Pfeiffer Essential Resources for Training and HR Professionals) by Clark N. Quinn and Marcia L. Conner 2005

Evaluating Training Programs by Donald Kirkpatrick (ASTD), 1975

Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels by Donald Kirkpatrick, 1994

Handbook of Distance Education, Second Edition by Michael Grahame Moore 2007 April 12, 2007

Learner-Centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education: Cases From Higher Education by Thomas M. Duffy and Jamie R. Kirkley 2003

Learning and Individual Differences by Robert M. Gagne 1967

Learning by Doing: A Comprehensive Guide to Simulations, Computer Games, and Pedagogy in e-Learning and Other Educational Experiences by Clark Aldrich 2005

Making Distance Education Work: Understanding Learning and Learners At a Distance by S., Joseph Levine 2005

Multimedia-based Instructional Design: Computer-based Training, Web-Based Training, Distance Broadcast Training, Performance-Based Solutions by William W. Lee, Diana L. Owens 2004

Reusing Online Resources: A substantial Approach to E-learning (Open and Flexible Learning Series) by A. Littlejohn 2004

The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning by Richard Mayer 2005

The Corporate University Handbook: Designing, Managing, and Growing a Successful Program by Mark Allen 2002

Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Foundations of Distance Education (3rd Edition) by Michael Simonson, Sharon E. Smaldino, Michael Albright, and Susan Zvacek 2005

Technology, E-Learning and Distance Education (Studies in Distance Education) by A.W. Bates 2005

Web-based Learning: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation by Gayle Davidson-Shivers and Karen Rasmussen 2005

Web-Based Instruction by Badrul Huda Khan 1997

Web-Based Training by Badrul Huda Khan 2001

E-learning books are available in a broad variety of areas of study including learning theories, instructional design foundations and principles, distance learning theory and practice as well as other areas.