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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:white'>Call for Papers: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'>Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education: Special Issue </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:white'>on ‘</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:KO'>Identifying and Managing Critical Success Factors of </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Online Education<span style='color:#222222;background:white'>’ (</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:KO'><a href="http://dsjie.org/Portals/0/Users/Vijay/Content/2016%20Special%20Issue.pdf">Identifying and Managing Critical Success Factors of <span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Online Education</span></a></span>)<span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Guest Editors: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Sean Eom, Southeast Missouri State University, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:KO'>Nicholas J. Ashill, American University of Sharjah, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>J. B. (Ben) Arbaugh, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Motivation and Background</span><o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>We are entering a golden age of e-learning. E-learning could be at a ‘Tipping Point’ as American’s trust in the quality of e-learning grows, and the number of students who take at least one online course continues to increase. Now is the time to make e-learning more successful. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The success of an e-learning system can be measured in terms of learning outcomes and learner satisfaction, two dependent constructs that have been widely accepted in the e-learning literature. Learning outcomes are measured by progress on relevant objectives set by the instructor including progress on gaining factual knowledge, learning fundamental principles, and learning to apply what is learned to improve problem solving. Learner satisfaction is measured by the degree of satisfaction with perceived outcomes of taking online courses, courses, and instructors. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>This special issue is dedicated to identifying and effectively managing critical success factors for e-learning that enable e-learning outcomes to equal if not surpass those of face-to-face instruction. Moreover, it seeks to draw on experience with e-learning systems to provide direction for future developments in this domain. Conceptual frameworks, qualitative research, and empirical studies in the following areas are encouraged <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:31.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-13.5pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Review, critical analysis, and/or </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO'>meta-analysis</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> of past research to evaluate the current state of e-learning and to guide future directions for e-learning development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Conceptual frameworks for e-learning    <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7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