"This book examines current and effective educational practices as well as new challenges involving emerging technologies in increasingly diverse learning environments in higher educationand the impact of the explosion of technology. These challenges are well documented in this collection of...

"This volume is grounded in the thesis that information technology may offer the only viable avenue to the implementation of constructivist and progressive educational principles in higher education, and that the numerous efforts now under way to realize these principles deserve examination and...

"This book presents the theories and abilities of integrating corporate education into traditional universities as well as highlighting the professional development in different subject areas"--Provided by publisher.

Introduction / Neeta Baporikar -- Towards a paradigm shift in higher education in the MENA region / Hayat Al-Khatib -- Higher education in MENA through global lenses: lessons learned from international rankings / Shadi Hijazi, Ben Sowter, Hillol Nag -- Linking education to creating a knowledge...

Dimensions of Diversity in the IT Classroom Onground and Online -- Dialectic Argumentation for Promoting Dialogue in IT Education : An Epistemological Framework for Considering the Social Impacts of IT -- Bridging the Digital Divide: A Feminist Perspective on the Project -- Gender and...

Section 1. Theoretical and Technological Foundations -- 1. Theoretical Foundations of Teachers' Professional Development -- 2. The Theory and Practice Divide in Relation to Teacher Professional Development --

1. Integrated marketing communications and their application to the open education field / Juliet Stoltenkamp, Jephias Mapuva -- 2. From consumer to prodsumer / Goknil Koçak -- 3. Educational marketing / Ruth Cook -- 4. Marketing online education / Ormond Simpson -- 5. Marketing and promoting...

"This book collects ideas about new communication technologies and innovative ways of using them to enhance education for students with exceptionalities, offering case studies based on the experiences and expertise of the teachers, researchers, and other professionals who have used...

"This book examines online interactions from different national, cultural, linguistic, legal, and economic perspectives, exploring how the increasingly international and intercultural Internet affects the ways users present ideas, exchange information, and conduct discussions online"--Provided...

"This book aims to provide a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art practices for educational recommender systems, as well as the challenges to achieve their actual deployment"--Provided by publisher.