Crises in Education: Online Learning as a Solution
Hershey H Friedman, Linda Weiser Friedman
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DOI: 10.4236/ce.2011.23022   PDF    HTML     9,747 Downloads   18,745 Views   Citations

Abstract

There are three serious problems facing education today. These include working with draconian budgets that mean reduced spending for education, making education interesting and relevant for students, and raising standards. Several issues that the legislators are especially concerned about are the low retention rates at the college level, the high dropout rates in the high schools, and the long time it takes undergraduate students to graduate college. The authors show how online learning may be an important tool for solving these problems.

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Friedman, H. and Friedman, L. (2011) Crises in Education: Online Learning as a Solution. Creative Education, 2, 156-163. doi: 10.4236/ce.2011.23022.

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