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Online Students Demographics And Motivations To Enroll In Class, Weiling Zhuang, Viviane Billings
Online Students Demographics And Motivations To Enroll In Class, Weiling Zhuang, Viviane Billings
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Distance education traces its origins to mid-19th century Europe and the United States. With the development of infrastructure and technology, universities began to offer distance education via the internet to reach the prospective students, facilitate the learning process and accommodate their needs. With an increase in popularity and demand, the enrollment for online classes has been strong for the past ten years. According to Allen and Seaman (2013), there were 572,000 more online students in fall 2011 than in fall 2010 for a new total of 6.7 million students taking at least one online course. Another recent study conducted by …