Literature Review on the Effectiveness of Online and E-Learning

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This paper explores Online and e-learning programs as a popular educational alternative. These can be offered as supplemental to traditional learning institutions or used as surrogates; accredited online learning courses appeal to the busy schedules of adults and are increasingly preferred among younger students as they transfer their familiarity of the online setting to their overall academic experiences.

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"Online education has become the single fastest-growing area of modern American education. The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) indicates that distance learning is increasingly used as an option at all levels of education, suggesting that the use of e-learning can help supplement educational shortcomings for students in Kindergarten through past-secondary graduate programs and the retraining of workers after job loss (USDLA, 2006). Statement of Problem The increase in distance learning and the interest in using distance learning as a supplement or surrogate to traditional in-classroom education indicates a need to recognize whether distance learning is effective. However, the concept of "effectiveness" is a blanket..."

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