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Basic actions to reduce dropout rates in distance learning

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  • Gregori, Pablo
  • Martínez, Vicente
  • Moyano-Fernández, Julio José

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Today’s society, which is strongly based on knowledge and interaction with information, has a key component in technological innovation, a fundamental tool for the development of the current teaching methodologies. Nowadays, there are a lot of online resources, such as MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and distance learning courses. One aspect that is common to all of these is a high dropout rate: about 90% in MOOCs and 50% in the courses of the Spanish National Distance Education University, among other examples. In this paper, we analyze a number of actions undertaken in the Master’s Degree in Computational Mathematics at Universitat Jaume I in Castellón, Spain. These actions seem to help decrease the dropout rate in distance learning; the available data confirm their effectiveness.

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  • Gregori, Pablo & Martínez, Vicente & Moyano-Fernández, Julio José, 2018. "Basic actions to reduce dropout rates in distance learning," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 48-52.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:epplan:v:66:y:2018:i:c:p:48-52
    DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2017.10.004
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