"This book offers peer-reviewed essays and research reports contributed by an array of scholars and practitioners in the field of instructional technology and online education, focusing on two primary themes: professional development models for faculty in online environments and understanding...

"This book explores how the connection of practical teaching scenarios to research-informed pedagogy is an important dialogue that takes place as online music education continues its exponential expansion in higher education. It shares the current landscape of teaching and learning...

"This book explores information technology concepts, tools, methodologies, and ethnography in the contexts of global communication systems and web engineered applications. It also emphasizes research among the various steps involved in data/knowledge (structured and unstructured) capture (manual...

"This book provides knowledge and skills that marketers need to act in the internet of things era. It focuses on the implications of the internet of things on marketing and provides cues on how to deal with its opportunities and challenges"--

"This book explores new ideas and research findings related to psychological aspects and serves as a vehicle for promoting techniques and methodologies derived from rigorous research and practices that use psychological and cognitive principles to design and develop cyber learning"--

"This book discusses the Semantic Web, as an extension of the current World Wide Web in which information is given well-defined, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation"--Provided by publisher.

Online education continues to grow exponentially, and the majority of universities now offer online courses. However, the unprecedented explosion of online learning courses has resulted in increased demands for online teachers, and regular classroom teachers are often asked to teach in an online...

As businesses, researchers, and practitioners look to devise new and innovative technologies in the realm of e-commerce, the human side in contemporary organizations remains a test in the industry. This book broadens the overall body of knowledge regarding the human aspects of electronic...

The Internet is already more widely deployed than any other computing system in history and continues to grow rapidly. New technologies, including high speed wide area network and improved software support for distribution, promise to make the Internet much more useful for general purpose...

Web mining is moving the World Wide Web toward a more useful environment in which users can quickly and easily find the information they need. Web mining uses document content, hyperlink structure, and usage statistics to assist users in meeting their needed information. This book provides a...