The "e-learning and education (eleed)" Journal offers a platform for new scientific research results and experience reports about all aspects of e-learning. Besides providing a forum for researchers and practitioners in the field, "e-learning and education" aims to support cooperation and community building and foster open e-learning standards. The journal also strives to maintain an international balance by relying on experts from various corners of the world. Open Access is a key topic of this electronic journal. All articles are published under the Digital Peer Publishing Licence, which both ensures free distribution and secures the author's rights that no content is modified or reused without citing the names of authors and holders of rights and the bibliographical information used. Additionally, the rights to use in physical form, particularly the rights to distribute the work in printed form or on storage media, are retained by the authors or other rights holders and are not covered by this licence. The electronic format of the journal enables the use of non-traditional add-on materials like multimedia animations or simulations and therefore takes the specific possibilities of e-learning into account. Though published quaterly like a traditional journal to ensure citability, eleed tries to achive timely availability by a fast review process and pre-issue publication.