Persistence in University Continuing Education Online Classes

This study presents persistence and attrition data from two years of data collection. Over the eight quarters studied, the persistence rate in online courses was 79 percent. The persistence rate for similar onground courses was 84 percent. The drops for both course modalities were disaggregated by t...

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Main Author: Jia Frydenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Athabasca University Press 2007-11-01
Series:International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
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Online Access:http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/375/934