A research about distance education students' satisfaction with education quality at an accounting program

The aim of this paper is to measure distance education students' satisfaction level and efficiency in education equality. Data is collected by first degree data collection method. Data contains students at Accounting Distance Education Program in two universities of Turkey. Frequencies of distance education notions and means and standard deviations for statements, T-test and One Way Anova analyses are performed. Students are pleased about Accounting Distance Education, but not pleased in the dialogue interaction opportunities for other students or instructors. Females, vocational high school graduates and full time working students agree with some of the statements more than others do. It is thought that students are satisfied with this education system which provides great convenience in time and cost. The deficiencies and defective points of distance education are also detected with this study and suggestions are offered to practitioners. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu