A RESEARCH REVIEW ABOUT ONLINE LEARNING: ARE STUDENTS
SATISFIED? WHY DO SOME SUCCEED AND OTHERS FAIL? WHAT
CONTRIBUTES TO HIGHER RETENTION RATES AND POSITIVE LEARNING
OUTCOMES?
What are the foundations of student
satisfaction or dissatisfaction with online courses? Why do
online learners succeed and others fail or drop out? What
kind of instructional designs, pedagogical practices and
administrative standards contribute to the development of
effective online courses with high retention rates and
positive student learning outcomes? Plenty of valid,
well-researched information and literature reviews, along
with abundant data accumulated through student/ faculty
surveys and online learning course evaluations, are outlined
and summarized inside numerous academic papers that attempt
to answer such questions. This report is based on the
author’s search and analysis of numerous scholarly academic
papers that addressed such questions and were published
between 2004 through 2007.
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