Abstract
The growth of distance education has spawned an immense amount of research examining whether online courses provide effective learning for students. The results of this literature are conflicting, but many studies have found that distance education, if properly taught, can provide effective teaching though it may not always be as good as face to face classes. This study examines satisfaction with distance education and analyzes characteristics of distance education as perceived by students. The results indicate that students who were considered suitable for distance education exhibited higher satisfaction with the course.