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PROBLEMS IN QUALITY IN DISTANCE EDUCATION AND ONLINE LEARNING
- Some unscrupulous operators take advantage of anonymity.
- These scam artists begin diploma mills. (Barrett, 2002; Bear, 2001; Better Business Bureau, 2000; Carroll, 1999)
- The positive research about Distance Education and Online Learning may be flawed, or weak (Phipps & Merisotsis, 2000).
- Flawed information can lead to faulty decisions as to what works.
- Lack of training in distance education procedures and methods of distance education for instructors.
- There are 60 accrediting agencies in the United States acknowledged by the Council of for Higher Education Accreditation, a.k.a. CHEA. (Council of for Higher Education Accreditation, 2001).
- Assessment Methodology of Institutional, Program, Course and Student Outcomes.
- Plagiarism.