Manuela EpureManuela Epure , Professor of Marketing Research in the Department of Marketing and International Business, with 26 years in an academic career, became a full member of Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK in 2007. She was elected as Vice-president ofthe Alliance of Central-Eastern European Universities in 2015 and recently accepted as a correspondent member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists. Author of 11 textbooks and 42 articles and chapters she received the prize for special merits in education from the Romanian President in 2004. In February 2016, she was appointed to the High Level Advisory Group ”Open Science Policy Platform”. Notable publications: E-learning challenges in the European knowledge-based society , chapter in Developing and utilizing e-learning applications, IGI Global; Digital Literacy for effective communication in the new academic environment; The educational blogs a chapter in Social Media and the New Academic Environment: Pedagogical Challenges, IGI Global. Read More Read Less