Online Education During COVID-19 and Beyond: Opportunities, Challenges and Outlook

This book aims to provide sustainable solutions for better understanding and management of online education in different parts of the world. In this context, it explores the attitudes and perceptions of stakeholders, such as students, faculty, and other actors on issues related to online education. In particular, it examines the challenges they have faced over the years when online courses were introduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A model is proposed that includes five variables: specific communication issues in online education, the ability of professors to offer online courses, the quality of online education, students' perceived stress during online education, and the technical requirements of online education.The book will be of interest to anyone concerned with the new and future ways of teaching and learning.Chapter “When a Phenomenon-Based University Course Went Online: Students’ Experiences and Reflections After Sauna Bathing” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

About the Author

Silvia Puiu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management, Marketing and Business Administration of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Craiova, Romania. She earned a Ph.D. in management in 2012 and teaches management, ethics management in business, marketing, and creative writing in marketing. During her postdoctoral studies, Silvia Puiu conducted research into ethics management in the public sector of Romania and spent two months in Italy at the University of Milano-Bicocca, conducting comparative research between Romania and Italy regarding the Corruption Perception Index, ethics management in the public sector, and regulations on whistleblowing. Her research interests include topics such as corporate social responsibility, strategic management, ethics management, and marketing and management.

Samuel O. Idowu is a senior lecturer at London Metropolitan University (UK). He is a fellow member of the Chartered Governance Institute, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries&Administrators, and a named freeman of the City of London. Samuel has been in academia for more than 30 years. He is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of CSR and editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Economics and Business Administration and also a series editor of the book series CSR, Sustainability, Ethics&Governance.