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Paas, Fred; Tuovinen, Juhani E.; van Merrienboer, Jeroen J. G.; Darabi, A. Aubteen – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2005
Motivation can be identified as a dimension that determines learning success and causes the high dropout rate among online learners, especially in complex e-learning environments. It is argued that these learning environments represent a new challenge to cognitive load researchers to investigate the motivational effects of instructional conditions…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Dropout Rate, Instructional Design, Academic Achievement