Online Education Evaluation: What Should We Evaluate?.

Abstract

In recent years, Web technologies have helped expand distance education in higher education. Online programs have become widely and generally accepted in many countries (Moore & Anderson, 2003; Ratcliff et al., 2001). According to the U.S. Department of Education (1999), the number of Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) offering distance education has increased by one-third since 1994-1995; and 44 percent of IHEs offer