As enrollment in distance education courses continues to increase, it is clear that online course delivery is here to stay. And all online courses today utilize a web- or cloud-based Learning Management System that includes a text-based discussion forum, commonly called a 'discussion board', which is the primary mode of communication within the…

This study aims to examine the online teaching processes of instructors in higher education in detail and reveal their online teaching competencies. The study employed a convergent parallel mixed method design, where the comparative method was used in the quantitative part of the research and the qualitative part was designed as a descriptive case…

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are high enrollment college-level courses that have the potential to serve learners worldwide. However, numerous questions about MOOCs are still unanswered. For example, are people enrolled in MOOCs from countries where higher educational systems are very constrained? How much does the basic infrastructure, such…

Much research has been conducted to examine K-12 online/hybrid learning during the COVID-19 global pandemic, however, little research has studied this unique educational situation from the parents' perspective. Using Schwab's Traditional Curriculum Design Framework, this study examined the four common places (students, teachers, curriculum, and…

The purpose of this research was to examine online instructors' perspectives on assessment practices within online environments. Nine online instructors from seven institutions were interviewed for this grounded theory qualitative research. Three main aspects emerged from the analysis of the interviews that were involved in online assessment…

The growing demand for distance education at both the K-12 school and university level, has prompted a number of teacher education programs to integrate distance-based technology into their preparation programs. This study examines data from 102 teacher education programs to analyze the current status of distance education in teacher preparation…