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Social Media in Higher Education: The Case of Egypt

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With the rising popularity and use of social media, universities attempts to benefit from the promising beneficial role of social media in teaching and learning in the higher education sector. This chapter presents the case of Egypt and the challenges facing adoption of social media in higher education and provides recommendations to educators, decision makers and tertiary institutions to enhance the use of social media in higher education in Egypt.

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  1. Faculty of Business Administration, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon

    Rania Mostafa & Nehale Mostapha

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    Nehme Azoury

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Mostafa, R., Mostapha, N. (2020). Social Media in Higher Education: The Case of Egypt. In: Azoury, N., Daou, L. (eds) Business and Social Media in the Middle East. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45960-4_8

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