Abstract

The growth and extension of global economy lead to the development of the entire society, with effects in all of its areas. The scientific and technological progress, the achievements in the fields of informatics and biotechnologies, the spread of the means of communication, the development of new sources of energy are only a few of the road-opening achievements. The development of a global economy has implications on all aspects characterizing the new society, one of the most important of them being education. Today’s education is different from that of yesterday. The dynamism characterizing it shows the need for re-thinking our concepts in this new scenario. Education no longer means merely instruction, but a whole social process connected with work, productivity and economy. Starting from these premises, education is efficient when it ensures valid qualification worldwide and complete formation of human personality. The aim of the paper is to present general aspects regarding e-learning as a top priority in the knowledge society where new forms and level of competition emerge. Also it refers to the characteristics necessary to a web-based system for ensure the high level of quality, the general steps of implementation an e-learning system and a study case based on “Vasile Goldiş” Western University experience in implementation of such systems. The last part of the paper identifies the main strong and weak points revealed by this experience and some conclusions