Open scientific training as a learning complement to Higher Education

Applications in Economics and Business

Authors

  • Inés Martin-de-Santos Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1674-2415
  • Ignacio López Domínguez Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España
  • José Alejandro Fernández Fernández Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.65598/rps.5963

Keywords:

Flipped Learning, Open Educational Resources (OER), Virtual Reference Services, Moocs, Higher Education, Economy and Bussiness

Abstract

Academic education in higher education outside the classrooms as a complement to university education includes a large part of extra-curricular orientations that improve the objectives and skills of study subjects as well as course guides on the internet that surpass the traditional, merely descriptive bibliographies, add to the signing programs.The investigation that is proposed aims to calibrate the level of information that students have regarding the existence of teaching courses in the open, the use they make of the objects, the most consulted contents in the field of economic and business sciences, the paper of libraries as appropriate These are the levels of satisfaction and impact on academic performance. The work of the field is circumscribed to the students at the Complutense of Madrid University and Carlos III of Madrid University and Rey Juan Carlos University.

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Author Biographies

Inés Martin-de-Santos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España

Doctora en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales. Profesora Contratada Doctora, Departamento de Administración Financiera y Contabilidad de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (España).

Ignacio López Domínguez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España

Doctor en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales (Ciencias Empresariales). Profesor Contratado Doctor, Departamento de Administración Financiera y Contabilidad de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (España).

José Alejandro Fernández Fernández, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España

Doctor en Economía Financiera. Profesor Ayudante Doctor. Departamento de Administración Financiera y Contabilidad de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (España).

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Published

2025-12-28

How to Cite

Martin-de-Santos, I., López Domínguez, I., & Fernández Fernández, J. A. (2025). Open scientific training as a learning complement to Higher Education: Applications in Economics and Business. Prisma Social Journal, (51), 462–481. https://doi.org/10.65598/rps.5963