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Motivating and Retaining Online Students: Research-Based Strategies That Work

ISBN: 978-1-118-53170-9
160 pages
November 2013, Jossey-Bass
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November 14, 2013
San Francisco, CA

Motivating and Retaining Online Students: Research-Based Strategies That Work

Although studies support the effectiveness of learning online, students often fail to complete online courses. Some studies have found that as many as 50–70% drop out of their online courses or programs. Retention is not only a growing expectation and imperative, but it is also as opportunity for faculty members to take the lead in innovating, researching, and implementing new strategies while demonstrating their effectiveness. 

Designed for instructors and instructional designers, MOTIVATING AND RETAINING ONLINE STUDENTS: Research-Based Strategies That Work (Jossey-Bass, a Wiley brand; November 2013; $32; Paper; ISBN: 978-1-118-53170-9) is filled with empirical research from the authors’ study of motivation and retention strategies that can reduce online learner dropout. Focusing on the most important issues instructors face, such as course design; student engagement and motivation; and institutional, instructional, and informal student support strategies, MOTIVATING AND RETAINING ONLINE STUDENTS provides effective online strategies that help minimize student dropout, increase student retention, and support student learning. 

MOTIVATING AND RETAINING ONLINE STUDENTS will help instructors increase the motivation of online students and thereby improve the overall retention rates for educational institutions. 

The strategies outlined in MOTIVATING AND RETAINING ONLINE STUDENTS allow for student diversity and individual learner differences. Lehman and Conceição’s proven model gives instructors an effective approach to help students persist in online courses and succeed as learners.