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Azadeh Amoozegar; Mohamed Abdelmagid; Temoor Anjum – Open Learning, 2024
Despite the rapid increase of students' enrolment in online courses, higher education institutions in Malaysia face the problem of high dropout rates of students before completing their studies and earning a degree. With a view to addressing the issue, this study focused on critical factors to evaluate the effectiveness of distance learning…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Research Universities, Motivation
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Ofole, Ndidi Mercy – Open Learning, 2022
A descriptive survey design was adopted to investigate the relationship that exists amongst locus of control, work engagement, organisational reward system, job satisfaction and social loafing among the staff of distance learning programme in South-western Nigeria. Four hundred and forty-seven (males = 184; females = 263) learners support staff…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Open Universities, Gender Differences
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Hills, Laura; Hughes, Jonathan – Open Learning, 2016
Using the badged open course, "Taking your first steps into Higher Education", this case study examines how assessment on online open courses draws on concepts of assessment used within formal and informal learning. Our experience was that assessment used within open courses, such as massive open online courses, is primarily determined…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Case Studies, Mass Instruction, Instructional Design