Learning Management System Technologies and Software Solutions for Online Teaching: Tools and Applications

This collection of twenty-one articles on online education showcases current scholarship in developing online technologies such as Learning Management Systems (LMS) and course management software. The work is divided into four sections covering an overview of learning management system concepts, planning and the selection of appropriate LMS technologies, tracking and evaluation, and best practices in online education, and individual essays cover such topics as security and privacy management, preparing faculty for transition to LMS, tracking student participation and effort and designing and teaching in purely online classrooms. Papers include abstracts, tables, illustrations and individual notation and a volume wide compilation of references is provided. Contributors include academics from a variety of institutions around the world. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)