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Posted by bposton on December 1st, 2006 — Posted in online degree programs in pyschology counseling

Seems like online education is growing north of the border, too.

Here’s a snippet from a press release about Concordia University’s Online program:

eConcordia was founded in November 2000 as Concordia University Foundation’s initiative to deliver online courses. IT sarted with one engineering course and has now grown to 10 courses today. It is anticipating the addition of four new courses in January with a goal of 35 within the next 24 months.

They are starting to see online courses as a necessary part of the education landscape, in a context where the current generation of students has grown up with computers.

During the past academic year, eConcordia enrolment was approximately 9,800.According to statistics, one in five students will likely take more than one online course. And eConcordia courses offer an impressive retention rate of nearly 95 per cent.

International students may take advantage of a “year at a distance” program where they take their first year online in their home country prior to coming to th university to complete their program. Students taking an eConcordia credit course can arrange to write their final in-class exam at a nearby educational institution, even if nearby means Australia, India or China. eConcordia offers students the flexibility to complete their elective credits from whereever they happen to be.