"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 addresses the difficulties and challenges in the MOOC design, implementation, management and deployment. It focuses on different aspects of the MOOC life-cycle process and explores the impact of new methodologies and frameworks used in the life cycle of a MOOC ranging from...

"This book contains a compendium of the latest academic material on the usage, strategies, and applications of social media in education today. Including innovative studies on online networks, social constructivism, and collaborative learning"--

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Tourism is a multi-billion dollar international industry and also one of the biggest users of Web technologies, constantly adopting innovative ideas to enhance its market penetration. This book provides cohesive coverage of cutting-edge e-tourism systems and directions for future research and...

The importance of semantics has been recognized in different areas of data and information management, including better access, exchange, interoperability, integration, and analysis of data. Semantics of data is about associating meaning to data, understanding what data represents, and improving...

User-centered design (UCD) is gaining popularity in both the educational and business sectors. This is due to the fact that UCD sheds light on the entire process of analyzing, planning, designing, developing, using, evaluating, and maintaining computer-based learning. This book explains how...

This book provides an excellent overview of current research and development activities, while covering an extensive range of topics including ontological modeling, enterprise systems, querying and knowledge discovery, and a wide range of applications. Each chapter contains a thorough study of...

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This book provides an in-depth, practical perspective on the growing dependence of virtual teams and how to best exploit them. Based on years of direct experience in managing and participating in virtual teams, as well as developing solutions to help virtual teams be more effective, the authors...