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Challenges and Opportunities for Virtual Universities in the 21st Century

Challenges and Opportunities for Virtual Universities in the 21st Century

Luísa Cagica Carvalho
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781466673168|ISBN10: 1466673168|EISBN13: 9781466673175
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7316-8.ch006
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Carvalho, Luísa Cagica. "Challenges and Opportunities for Virtual Universities in the 21st Century." Assessing the Role of Mobile Technologies and Distance Learning in Higher Education, edited by Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, et al., IGI Global, 2015, pp. 131-153. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7316-8.ch006

APA

Carvalho, L. C. (2015). Challenges and Opportunities for Virtual Universities in the 21st Century. In P. Ordóñez de Pablos, R. Tennyson, & M. Lytras (Eds.), Assessing the Role of Mobile Technologies and Distance Learning in Higher Education (pp. 131-153). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7316-8.ch006

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Carvalho, Luísa Cagica. "Challenges and Opportunities for Virtual Universities in the 21st Century." In Assessing the Role of Mobile Technologies and Distance Learning in Higher Education, edited by Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, Robert D. Tennyson, and Miltiadis D. Lytras, 131-153. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7316-8.ch006

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Abstract

This chapter aims to provide a theoretical approach concerning challenges and opportunities to virtual universities in 21st century. Virtual universities have an important role in capturing different audiences to the e-learning programs, such as long life learning, executive programs, etc. Additionally, the virtual model allows a more efficient internationalization of the education and improves the attraction of the students from several countries. Nevertheless, the virtual universities front some problems and challenges on the global education market and could be important to identify and present some good practices followed by virtual universities around the world. This chapter presents some remarks about virtual universities, the advantages and challenges fronted, and the case of the Portuguese virtual university, Open University of Lisbon, as a complement to the theoretical approach.

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