A source of information on the growth of distance education can be found in online course directories. According to the New Brunswick TeleCampus directory, there are 1,952 institutions in 36 countries offering 66,107 courses in 17 languages. Not surprising is that Canada has 167 institutions offering 12,620 courses. In fact, Canada and the US lead the world in distance education, which is no wonder that English, is the predominant language of choice. (New Brunswick TeleCampus Distance Education Statistics, 2002).

Indiana University leads the world in offering 737 courses online. Athabasca University and the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) are ranked 3rd and 7th respectively. Computing courses seem to be a predominantly favourite course offering while subjects of personal interest were not as popular. However, cost is still a major deterrent in that many courses still cost as much as $1,000 and above. (New Brunswick TeleCampus Distance Education Statistics, 2002).

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