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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

Countries that currently attract foreign students to their shores will need to brace for the impact on their local economies, as an ever-increasing proportion of students choose to gain an international education without leaving their home country. Offshoring will become the rule, not the exception. Dental, anyone?

OER 279
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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

Countries that currently attract foreign students to their shores will need to brace for the impact on their local economies, as an ever-increasing proportion of students choose to gain an international education without leaving their home country. Offshoring will become the rule, not the exception. Dental, anyone?

OER 225
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eLearning Conferences

Tony Karrer

link] convention/conv2009/index.php January 21-24, 2009 Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting : Global Challenges, College Learning, and America’s Promise, 65 th annual, Seattle, Washington, USA. 1066 February 24-27, 2009 Global Learning Summit : Harnessing the Power of Learning, 2 nd annual, Singapore.

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eLearning Conferences 2011

Tony Karrer

link] January 13-14, 2011 Being Global 2011: Strategies and Models for Internationalizing Canadian Higher Education, sponsored by Higher Education Strategy Associates, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. link] International Lifelong Learning in Europe Conference, 12 th , was held January 27-29, 2010 in Tuusula, Finland.

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Improving Training Management for Mining Operations

Training Orchestra

Mining as a whole may have declined in North America and Europe, however, it’s still an important part of the industries in South America and Africa, two of the largest producers of the global economy’s much-needed dependence on metals, minerals, and other natural resources. For instance, Zimbabwe’s mineral industry generated $9.7