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Global boom in on-line learning

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Internet access gives people the opportunity to attend college half-way around the world. On-line learning opportunities are opening up all over the world.

A survey shows over 70 million people are receiving education through the Internet this year. Internet research firm IDC shows technology-based training will increase more than fourfold over the next five years.

In the United States, almost half of the academic institutions currently offer on-line learning as part of their curriculum.

It has been predicted that 85 per cent of these schools in the US will have some form of on- line learning in place by the year 2002.

Electronic learning (e-learning) has proved to be effective and helpful, especially to those who do not have much time but want to upgrade their knowledge.

People favour e-learning because they do not need to spend time commuting to class and the learning options are not limited by geographical locations.

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