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| personal and professional potential? Maybe you're | | | | and intermittent dialogue between students and |
| trying to increase your leadership and management | | | | instructors. |
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| courses and seminars that educate individuals in a | | | | can significantly extend the course length. But, if you |
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| in today's fast-paced technological society, online | | | | while enjoying the comforts of your own home or |
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| hundreds of professional fields including, but not limited | | | | way for you to enhance personal growth or to earn |
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| e.g., time and project management, Internet marketing; | | | | Generally, after you've enrolled in an online school, you |
| Computer Programming, e.g., information technology; | | | | will find that online courses may include audio or visual |
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| referred to as "CE" or "CEU", e.g., architecture, | | | | allow you to work at your own pace to earn an online |
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