Redefining dropping out in online higher education: A case study from the UOC

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 75-80

  Grau Valldosera, Josep ^a   Minguillón, Juliá ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cohorts; Distance education; Dropping out; Higher education; Online university

Indexed keywords

COHORTS; DOMAIN OF KNOWLEDGE; DROP-OUT; DROPPING OUT; HIGHER EDUCATION; ONLINE UNIVERSITY; RELATIVE WEIGHTS;

DISTANCE EDUCATION; DROPS; STUDENTS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84856321849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2090116.2090125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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