Online Course Delivery: An Empirical Investigation of Factors Affecting Student Satisfaction

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-100

  Beqiri, Mirjeta S ^a   Chase, Nancy M ^a   Bishka, Atena ^b  

^a GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Banking and Financial Services Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic status; Distance learning; Online; Sociodemographic factors; Student satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755168285     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08832320903258527     Document Type: Article

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