I'm CEO of NooA - the Nordic open online Academy.I was President of the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) 2010-2013 and have been on the European Association for Distance Learning (EADL) R&D committee.I have worked part time for Universidade Aberta in Portugal and I have been appointed as Adjunct Professor, at the Athabasca University, Centre for Distance Education in Canada. I'm Doctor of Education from the Pennsylvania State University, Department of Adult Education and Instructional Systems.I gained valuable experience as regional editor for IRRODL (The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning) and EURODL (The European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning). I also have some experience from the Editorial Board of the Asian Journal of Distance Education and seminar.net.I have worked with online education since I designed NKI's first Learning Management System in 1986 and published many books, reports and articles about the topic. I have enjoyed sharing my views and experience in a number of Keynote presentations and probably more than 50 other presentations at international conferences. Looking back, I have also published more papers than I can remember and edited at least twenty major books and reports about online education. More than 100 of my publications are listed in Google Scholar.Specialties: Online education, e-learning, cooperative freedom