Discriminating factors between completers of and dropouts from online learning courses

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 328-337

  Lee, Youngju ^a   Choi, Jaeho ^b   Kim, Taehyun ^c  

^a Korea National University of Education   (South Korea)

^b Korean Bible University   (South Korea)

^c Chungkang College of Cultural Industries   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC LOCUS OF CONTROL; ACADEMIC SELF-EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT; METACOGNITIVES; ONLINE COURSE; ONLINE LEARNING; ONLINE SURVEYS;

E-LEARNING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84874116820     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2012.01306.x     Document Type: Article

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