Online Courses Continue to Grow, Report Says

Distance education is continuing to grow, according to a new report by Eduventures Inc. In 2004 the report says, nearly one million students nationwide enrolled in courses that took place completely online -- up from half that only two years earlier.

Much of the expansion in online education has come from the for-profit sector, the report says. But nonprofit institutions still dominate the field, and are rapidly building up their offerings.

Eduventures, a research and

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