Distance Education Success Characteristics

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Current socioeconomic changes in the world have placed higher demands on education to attend to a variety of societal needs. Advancements in technologies have simplified access to information and increased the number of individuals seeking to further their education with these new technologies. In response to the increasing demands for education, colleges and universities are turning to distance education as a means to provide career training and online study programs. However, these changes do not offer a guarantee for a successful distance education experience. There are many challenges facing students and instructors in distance education courses among which are high dropout rates and frustration with technologies. This book has identified student, instructor and program traits that lead to student online success. The traits are tried and proven and can be applied to any distance education course to maximize student and instructor success.