The pioneers of distance education among the universities are the Kyzyl-Orda State University named after
Korkyt Ata (2003), Almaty Academy of Economics and Statistics (AESA)(2004), Kazakhstan-American Free
University (KASU)(2006), Kazakh Engineering and Technical Academy (KETA)(2007). Activation of setting up
the information and technical environment for distance learning, as a variety of e-learning, is taking place in
universities of RK since 2010-2011.