A way of presenting and controlling course delivery over the Internet. A Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) allows courses to be published for learners through the Internet. Learners' progress can be monitored and feedback given. They provide a collection of tools such as those for assessment (particularly of types that can be marked automatically, such as multiple choice), communication, uploading of content, return of students' work, peer assessment, administration of student groups, collecting and organizing student grades, questionnaires, tracking tools, etc. A well known free software VLE is Moodle.