Monograph "Quality Evaluation in Higher Education"

Abstract

This introductory article for the monograph on "Quality Evaluation in Higher Education" demonstrates the importance of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the context of current university education. Firstly it underlines the relevance of technology and electronics in today's global and competitive context and highlights the use of the new tools for communication, particularly the Internet, by universities. Secondly it describes the importance that many of these tools are acquiring in quality evaluation in higher education, being used every day for more procedures, analyses and audits. Finally, it relates these trends and presents the rest of the articles in this monograph.