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Predictors of Success for Adult Online Learners: A Review of the Literature

 By Elizabeth A. Gruenbaum - As an adjunct professor for an online-only graduate school course, I have found myself contemplating the retention rate of adult e-learners. What are the predictors of adult students' success in online learning environments? Is there a difference in undergraduate versus graduate online learners and their motivations? Does age play a factor? Do the course's characteristics have an impact on performance and learner satisfaction? What are the implications of these findings for online instructors, and how could that affect their practices and approaches to retaining students in the future? Here, I examine what the literature says about these questions. new (Added: 30-Aug-2011 Hits: 178 )

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