E-learning can impact maritime training

Online training could have an important role in the future of the maritime industry, it has been said.
In a blog for Maritime Professional, e-learning specialist Murray Goldberg said sea-related sectors could take advantage of distance learning online.
While studying in this manner would not be comparable to real-world business experience, he noted that it could "do wonders" for the sector by providing open and free instruction to everyone who is interested in it.
He highlighted a study from the US Department of Education, which took place in 2010, as evidence of the efficacy of virtual learning environments.
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