Distance Education: Why Are the Attrition Rates so High?

By J. Moody. 2004

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Strategies to Engage Online Students and Reduce Attrition Rates. (2007, methodology): “Even though more students are choosing distance education, the literature shows that attrition rates are higher in online courses than in face-to-face courses (Carr, 2000; Moody, 2004).”
Socio-emotional connections: identity, belonging and learning in online interactions. A literature review (2014, background): “Some of these concern student retention (Moody, 2004), student satisfaction (Swan, 2001; Stein, Wanstreet, Calvin, Overtoom & Wheaton, 2005), challenges around development of critical thinking skills (Maurino, 2006; Garrison & Arbaugh, 2007; Garrison & Vaughan, 2008), beneficial levels of participat”
A review of predictive factors of student success in and satisfaction with online learning (2015, background): “and universities/colleges (Moody 2004; Park 2007).”