Distance education is one of the alternatives against traditional instruction. The cardinal tenant behind the
tance education is about being able to teach while students and teachers are not in the same context at all (Moore
Kearsely, 2011). In their book, Moore and Kearsely (2011) clarified starting point of the distance education.
ey emphasized that people think the internet as the starting point of distance education but the real starting point
urred through letter correspondence between teacher and student. They categorized distance education into five
erations which are correspondence, broadcast radio and television, open universities, teleconferencing and the
ernet/Web (Moore and Kearsely, 2011). Basic idea behind the distance education is common in all generations
t are being able to teach and learn while student and teacher are at different places.
The spread of the Internet increased the popularity of distance education and created new terminologies like
ine learning, e-learning or web-based learning. Online learning is defined as the use of Internet to access learning
terials; to interact with the content, instructors and other learners (Ally, 2002 cited in Anderson, 2008). Many
earches have been conducted in relation to online learning, their dimensions and variables having impact on the
ine learning. Furthermore it is compared with traditional face-to-face instruction. One of the most important