One advantage of online learning settings relative to conventional classrooms is their anytime, anywhere accessibility. While online education programs provide students with flexible learning opportunities free from the restrictions of geographic location, a consistently growing number of students who prefer to learn exclusively online still choose nearby colleges. The choice to attend a local college by exclusively online learners is an interesting phenomenon, because most of these students rarely visit campus at any point in the process of obtaining their degrees. This study aims to explain this localized distance student enrollment pattern using Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System data and Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data from the fall of 2016. This research uses a multiple regression technique to explain the relationship between institutional factors and localized distance student enrollment patterns in the US. This study utilizes the C2Q (cost, convenience, and quality) model to explain the local orientation of e-learners. The findings show that convenience and quality of education are significantly associated with each local institution’s share of exclusively online learners in the same state.

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我附近的在线大学

与传统教室相比，在线学习设置的一个优势是它们随时随地都可访问。尽管在线教育计划为学生提供了不受地理位置限制的灵活学习机会，但越来越多的学生更愿意专门学习在线学习，他们仍选择附近的大学。由专门的在线学习者选择就读本地大学是一个有趣的现象，因为这些学生中的大多数在获得学位的过程中很少会访问校园。这项研究旨在从2016年秋季开始使用综合中学后教育数据系统数据和国土基础设施基金会一级的数据来说明这种本地化的远程学生入学模式。这项研究使用多元回归技术来解释制度因素与美国本地化远程学生入学模式之间的关系。这项研究利用C2Q（成本，便利性和质量）模型来解释电子学习器的本地定位。调查结果表明，教育的便利性和质量与每个州在同一州的专有在线学习者所占的比例显着相关。