Online courses demand more independent learning because it is up to the individual to use the course and its online resources to maximum benefit.

网络课程更需要自主学习的能力，因为能否从所学课程和网络资源中获得最大的收益完全取决于个人。

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We are, of course, all aware of the steady increase, in both quantity and quality, of online learning applications-worldwide-in the higher education and corporate training sectors.

我们当然都意识到全世界所有的在高级的教育和企业培训部门开展的网上学习应用，无论在数量或质量都呈现增加的趋势。

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Of course, colleges and universities have discovered online learning themselves.

当然，学院和大学自己也开发了在线教育。

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To be sure, more than 6 million students in the U.S. are now taking at least one course online, and 65 percent of higher education institutions say online learning is a critical part of their long-term strategy, according to a 2011 report from the Babson Survey Research Group .

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From the ease of research that it affords teachers and students, down to actual online course work for students of all ages, more people have access to quality learning than ever before, thanks to the Internet.

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Online learning is sweeping across America, as more than 3 million K-12 students took an online course in 2009.

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