Online college laboratory courses: Can they be done and will they affect graduation and retention rates?

Online education has been steadily growing during the last decade. This growth has mainly taken place in the non-laboratory science fields. This essay describes some of the best practices to increase and maintain student retention, increase student engagement and increase graduation rates for colleg...

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Main Author: Eddy van Hunnik (Author)
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Published: Laureate Education Inc, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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