The extent of and reasons for non re-enrollment: A case of Korea national open university

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 19-36

  Choi, Hyoseon ^a   Lee, Yekyung ^b   Jung, Insung ^c   Latchem, Colin ^d  

^a Korea National Open University   (South Korea)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

^c INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Open Learning Consultant ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Causes of dropout; Distance learner; Dropout; Dropout rates; Non re enrollment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885348114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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