Administrators' Perceptions of Motives to Offer Online Academic Degree Programs in Universities

Although the number of online academic degree programs offered by universities in Turkey has become increasingly significant in recent years, the current lack of understanding of administrators’ motives that contribute to initiating these programs suggests there is much to be learned in this field....

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Autores principales:	Hakan Özcan, Soner Yıldırım
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2018
Materias:	motives distance education online academic degree programs administrators Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:605432638e074b8fae18c4ea2f3e6bae2021-12-02T19:20:53ZAdministrators' Perceptions of Motives to Offer Online Academic Degree Programs in Universities10.19173/irrodl.v19i1.34221492-3831https://doaj.org/article/605432638e074b8fae18c4ea2f3e6bae2018-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/3422https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Although the number of online academic degree programs offered by universities in Turkey has become increasingly significant in recent years, the current lack of understanding of administrators’ motives that contribute to initiating these programs suggests there is much to be learned in this field. This study aimed to investigate administrators’ perceptions of motives for offering online academic degree programs in universities in Turkey in terms of online associate degree programs, online master's degree programs, online bachelor's degree completion programs, and online bachelor's degree programs. A qualitative research method was employed for this study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 administrators from different universities’ distance education centers in Turkey and thematic analysis was applied to the data. The research found that administrators’ motives for offering online academic degree programs mainly involve in answering to the high demand of prospective students. Six major themes were identified with regard to influencing factors for administrators’ motives: demands for programs, mission to support education, readiness of infrastructure, teaching staff as well as applicability of content, overcoming the shortage of classroom space and teachers, obtaining revenue, and gaining prestige. Hakan ÖzcanSoner YıldırımAthabasca University Pressarticlemotivesdistance educationonline academic degree programsadministratorsSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 19, Iss 1 (2018)
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description	Although the number of online academic degree programs offered by universities in Turkey has become increasingly significant in recent years, the current lack of understanding of administrators’ motives that contribute to initiating these programs suggests there is much to be learned in this field. This study aimed to investigate administrators’ perceptions of motives for offering online academic degree programs in universities in Turkey in terms of online associate degree programs, online master's degree programs, online bachelor's degree completion programs, and online bachelor's degree programs. A qualitative research method was employed for this study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 administrators from different universities’ distance education centers in Turkey and thematic analysis was applied to the data. The research found that administrators’ motives for offering online academic degree programs mainly involve in answering to the high demand of prospective students. Six major themes were identified with regard to influencing factors for administrators’ motives: demands for programs, mission to support education, readiness of infrastructure, teaching staff as well as applicability of content, overcoming the shortage of classroom space and teachers, obtaining revenue, and gaining prestige.
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title	Administrators' Perceptions of Motives to Offer Online Academic Degree Programs in Universities
title_short	Administrators' Perceptions of Motives to Offer Online Academic Degree Programs in Universities
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Administrators' Perceptions of Motives to Offer Online Academic Degree Programs in Universities

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