Students’ perceptions of online learning in higher education during COVID-19: an empirical study of MBA and DBA students in Egypt

Abstract

Targeting to evaluate the analytical rigour of empirical research in management education, this study’s goal is to fnd out how students felt about the sudden shift to online education. As well as to provide an assessment of online education performance in higher education from the students’ perception was it a success or a failure, or a path for change based on the fndings? The study also considers the peculiarities of the Egyptian higher education system as well as the students’ environment, capabilities and limitations. An online questionnaire was used to survey 625 MBA and 41 DBA students. Results show that students’ satisfaction with online education is infuenced by several factors, including their resources and talents. Student initiative was discovered to play a moderating role in the efects of student, instructor, and institution factors on students’ satisfaction with online education. This research is being carried out during the COVID-19 outbreak to see how online instruction afects student achievement.