A predictive study of student satisfaction in online education programs

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-39

  Kuo, Yu Chun ^a   Walker, Andrew E ^b   Belland, Brian R ^b   Schroder, Kerstin E E ^c  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Interaction; Internet Self efficacy; Online learning; Regression; Satisfaction; Self Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875016158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v14i1.1338     Document Type: Article

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