Online learning is a general term to describe education or training which occurs over the internet or a wide area network, rather than in a traditional classroom scenario. It is similar in definition to e-learning with regards to using technology to assist in study, but online learning focusses mainly on the internet and world wide web applications as the primary educational conduits. Most people use the terms interchangeably.

Online learning frees learners to be able to learn from anywhere, and usually any time, depending on whether the systems used for online learning can be set up to act autonomously, or by teacher direction.

Web and internet learning systems have been around for a while, but are only now becoming accessible and standardised enough for most schools and educational establishments to start considering as valid tools for studying. With hardware becoming more affordable and software becoming more developed, many places are successfully implementing these systems at quite a cheap price.

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