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The Importance of e-Book Platforms in Education
The Importance of e-Book Platforms in Education

Author(s): Raluca Pandor, Marian Liviu Mocan
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Communication studies
Published by: Editura Politehnica
Keywords: Education; innovation; e-book; platforms; comparative study;

Summary/Abstract: Many people have considered purchasing a tablet device, such as an iPad, Kindle, or Nook, for personal use, yet how many have considered adopting this new technology as a pedagogical tool in the classroom? This article presents the complexity of e-book platforms from Romania in comparison with Amazon, FNAC, or Springer and how they are being used in Romanian market. Moreover, the analysis through criteria comparison will show which strategies are mostly used by students. The result of the research and analysis had shown us the fact that the number of e-books used are increasing in Romania and online platforms are using different strategies in order to promote the digitalization of print books, especially in education and professional documents. What helps people to trust e-books more are the tutorials of using or editing them.

  • Issue Year: 5/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 15-20
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English