Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 4(7), pp. 1506 - 1514
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2016.040702
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Webometrics Ranking in the Context of Accessibility of Higher Education

Margarita Bershadskaya ¹, Yulia Voznesenskaya ^2,*, Olga Karpenko ^2
1 Center for Development of Sociological Education, Research University-Higher School of Economics, Russia
² Modern University for the Humanities, Russia

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is a comparative assessment of the development of mass higher education in the regions and countries on the basis of the results of Webometrics. Main tasks: Comparison of national educational systems in terms of the scale of mass higher education; assessment of the quality of mass higher education; study of the growth of the network activity of Russian universities (2007-2014) in Federal districts. The methodology is based on the comparison of the number of universities in the country/region included in several thousands of best universities in the world (6 indicators: N₂₀₀₀, N₃₀₀₀, N₄₀₀₀, N₅₀₀₀, N₁₀₀₀₀, N₂₀₀₀₀). Evaluation of the quality of mass higher education is made on a conditional parameter - the share of ranked universities in the country/region included in top 5000 (N₅₀₀₀) in the total number of ranked universities among 20000 (N₂₀₀₀₀). Originality of research: new aspects of leadership of countries and regions in the Webometrics ranking, their quantitative expression. Among new facts - the leadership of China by the conditional indicator of quality of mass higher education.

KEYWORDS
Accessibility, Webometrics, Mass Higher Education, Network Activity, World Rankings, Federal Districts of Russia

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Margarita Bershadskaya , Yulia Voznesenskaya , Olga Karpenko , "Webometrics Ranking in the Context of Accessibility of Higher Education," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 4, No. 7, pp. 1506 - 1514, 2016. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2016.040702.

(b). APA Format:
Margarita Bershadskaya , Yulia Voznesenskaya , Olga Karpenko (2016). Webometrics Ranking in the Context of Accessibility of Higher Education. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 4(7), 1506 - 1514. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2016.040702.