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Factors Affecting Student’s Perception of Online Learning:An Empirical Analysis
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Online learning can be internetbased, electronically through audiovideo lectures, online tutorial, Skype, emails, discussion forum, animation, chat sessions, and CD-Rom. Online learning is at anyplace, anytime education at condensed costs; students obtain course material at whatever time they want. It constructs the course content more motivating and encouraging. Online learning takes place by providing the amenities of chat rooms, e-mail, discussion panel and instant messaging. This study attempts to know the perception of students in Indore about online learning. A structured questionnaire was designed to assemble the data. Factor Analysis technique has been used to take out the factors. The main factors which influence the students’ perception are interaction and participation, popularity, technology, effective teaching and convenience.
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