This study was designed to suggest the requisites of e-Learning courses that correspond to the user's needs by surveying the criteria and method applied to select e-Learning courses in the corporate environment. The target of this survey was the companies outsourcing the operation and management of e-Learning to external educational institutes.
As a result, e-Learning courses were selected mainly by training staffs not by the employees themselves, and this tendency was stronger in large-scale companies. When selecting an e-Learning course, the quality of e-Learning institute, the course being offered, and tuition fee were deemed important. Of the criteria used to select an e-Learning course, learning contents were considered the most important, followed by the method of e-Learning development, tutors, and general management. When considering e-Learning institutes, learner support service, system, expertise of operators were regarded as important criteria in selecting e-Learning courses.