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EUROPE\/WORLD<\/b>: the annual list of the top ten e-learning movers and shakers is out \u2013 with ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN and eLearning Africa organiser Rebecca Stromeyer the number one in Europe, 7th<\/sup> in the world (INDUSTRY TODAY<\/a>) <\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n BOTSWANA<\/b>: bitcoins continue to garner attention worldwide \u2013 too much attention perhaps, with wild speculation dramatically affecting the online currency\u2019s stability. But one woman in Botswana believes that they could be exactly what her country needs (VICE<\/a>) <\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n USA<\/b>: the polar vortex has immobilised much of the mid-West. But one school has managed to beat the impenetrable cold (BND<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n TANZANIA<\/b>: while e-learning tends ever more towards the massive, a Tanzanian provider is going in the opposite direction (VICE<\/a>) <\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n JAMAICA<\/b>: the government has announced its intent to provide e-learning to all the \u201cnooks and crannies\u201d of the Caribbean island (JAMAICA OBSERVER<\/a>) <\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n and in other news\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n USA<\/b>: the history of the MOOC may go back further than you think \u2013 all the way, in fact, to 70s cartoon character Captain Kangaroo (EDUCATION WEEK<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Around the World returns to continue documenting all that\u2019s new in 2014. And things are certainly hotting up across the globe; from Jamaica to Botswana, governments and innovators are driving online learning forward into the new year. Meanwhile in the USA, an icy blast is showing just how effective e-learning can be\u2026 09.01.2014 […]<\/p>\n![\"Author:](\"https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/11822195203_be4571ba76_z.jpg\" "\\"Author:")
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