Quality Issues in European e-Education at Tertiary Level

Starting from a recent review on ICT applications at European Universities scope and implications of the Bologna process for virtual universities are discussed. Special reference is given to development in Germany and Britain. It showed up that quality regulations and interpretation of standards are differing. In what follows some action lines of the European Commission to promote e-learning and virtual mobility are mentioned however it is also pointed out that the financial means to support the programs are quite modest. Next the spectacular failure of the British e-University is discussed. It shows that sustainable development of e-learning is possible only if realistic business plans are set up and if some additional criteria for sustainable project design are taken into consideration.