Community college online course retention and final grade: Predictability of social presence

Journal of Interactive Online Learning

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-182

  Liu, Simon Y ^a   Gomez, Joel ^a   Yen, Cherng Jyh ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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