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10/07

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. MORE

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