The major online-services provider Google has released its first learning management system, designed to help educators organize and collect assignments, ask questions of students, and perform other tasks.
The worldwide e-learning market is poised to grow by more than 20 percent over the next five years, according to one estimate.
Michael Chasen, who co-founded the educational software company in 1997 and saw it through a $1.6 billion acquisition, will resign in December.
The popular learning management website will now give teachers more opportunities to share lessons and interact with students.