Successful Online Course Retention at Marylhurst University (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783639008494)

For a period of 6 years, the course retention rate for Marylhurst University's (MU) online courses was 91%, which is within four percentage points of its on-campus course retention rate (Schreck, 2001). This grounded theory, web-based, research study aims to explicate the reasons why MU online students complete courses at high rates and develop this understanding into an online student retention model. A grounded theory approach was used to conduct this study, which is described by Creswell (2002) as, "a systematic, qualitative procedure used to generate a theory that explains, at a broad conceptual level, a process, an action, or interaction about a substantive topic" (p. 439).

Author: Vincent Schreck
ISBN-10: 3639008499
ISBN-13: 9783639008494
Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
Language: English
Published: 05/23/2008
Pages: 252
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d