Learn.com, SkillSoft, Cisco, Articulate and OutStart were so honored.

This year, the magazine received 1,755 nominations - almost 200 percent more than last year. Not coincidentally, there were a number of new brands nominated and new winners.

Four companies have appeared among the "Best of Elearning!" winners (in the same category) for all five years of the competition: Learn.com, GeoLearning, SkillSoft and Cisco WebEx. In addition, three more companies have appeared all four years in which a competition was held in their categories: Adobe, Articulate and Trivantis.

Here are 2009's "Best of Elearning!" honorees

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