A systematic review of design factors to prevent attrition and dropout in e-Learning courses

The problem with high rates of attrition in e-Learning courses has been argued over at length without a clear understanding of what factors contribute to learners dropping out, withdrawing or not completing e- Learning courses. The available research suggests that attrition among adult online learne...

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Autor principal: Monteiro, Sandro (author)
Outros Autores: Lencastre, José Alberto (author), Silva, Bento Duarte da (author), Osório, António José (author), de Waal, Paula (author), İlin, Şükrü Çetin (author), İlin, Gülden (author)
Formato: bookPart
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2017
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/47770
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/47770
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Resumo:The problem with high rates of attrition in e-Learning courses has been argued over at length without a clear understanding of what factors contribute to learners dropping out, withdrawing or not completing e- Learning courses. The available research suggests that attrition among adult online learners can be classified into two broad categories: (i) factors related to the learner and his/her context, and (ii) factors related to the course design. ‘Better e-Learning for All’, an Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership project for adult education, aims to enhance the knowledge about e-Learning as a primary environment for adult education. Thus, the partnership has been studying the e-Learning dropouts and dropout reasons reported in literature in order to identify a suitable ‘state-of-the- art’ concerning dropout and attrition: this chapter presents the review process and the data obtained.