國外關於遠程教育輟學理論的研究綜述

The Overseas Research of the Theories on Dropout from Distance Education

本文從目前遠程教育中普遍存在的高輟學率問題出發，介紹了國外自20世紀70年代以來關於遠程教育輟學理論的研究成果，並對這些研究進行了總結和反思。從這個研究視角出發，希望能夠對我國遠程教育的質量保證起到一定的啟發作用。

Current research in distance education turns up that the failure and dropout rates of distance learners are higher than that conventional campus-based students. This article illuminates some fruits studying this problem from abroad since 1970s. it is irradiative for us to sum up and reflect the conclusions. We hope that the paper will enlighten the quality assurance for Chinese distance education.