"This book explores the formats, goals, actors and tools impact communities may assume, including its effectiveness on the society transformation, and qualification as a smart territory (which may be
"This book disseminates practical solutions to the automation of open and distance learning. It discusses computational methods, algorithms, implemented prototype systems, and applications of open and
"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 impa
"This book explores the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) concept with its potential in library and information science domain. It focuses on exploring how library and information science professional
"This book analyzes the interaction between Internet culture and the bureaucratic culture of secrecy. It explores how the collection of data enables the acquisition of a solid body of evidence leads t
"This book provides cultural issues and challenges in distance education arising from the convergence of economic, educational, communicational, and technological dimensions of globalization. The aim
Editors Kurubacak and Altinpulluk present readers with a collection of academic and professional perspectives on research into contemporary and emerging techniques involving the integration of int
Contributors from a wide range of technical and social sciences explore the use of open and distance learning to accomplish sustainable development. Their topics include how information and commun
Faculty working in various fields in universities in Europe, Asia, Rwanda, and Brazil present 17 chapters on how higher education institutions around the world are customizing open and distance le
This volume describes the design of a new generation of smart services, distributed smart spaces architecture, illustrating its features and advantages through the Smart-M3 platform, an open source
The 12 chapters in this volume deal with the administration of open and distance learning programs. Contributors working in education and technology around the world address 21st-century skills; l
This book gathers US and a few international contributors in education, educational technology, special education, political science, and communication. They present ideas and examples on how to b
Outlining recent trends in cybernetics and systems science, contributors in computer science, information technology, and mathematics present expository articles that include a number of open prob
Teachers of writing and literature explore ways of teaching writing and composition in the context of massive open online courses (MOOCs). Their topics include digital citizens as writers: new lit
"This book is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the implementation of open government within the judiciary field, emphasizing the effectiveness and accountability achieve
Nineteen articles from academics in computing and telecommunications showcase current scholarship in the use of open source mobile computing technologies for distance and distributed educational proje
Tripathi and Mukerji (Open U. Business School, UK, and Indira Gandhi National Open U., India) bring together an international group of university faculty working in education, business, marketing, tec
This collection of fourteen articles on the growing importance of free and open source software (FOSS) presents current scholarship on the development and efficacy of open source projects and methodol
This anthology reviews open source software issues in the e-learning environment. Topics covered include Web 2.0 technologies in e-learning, the roll of free and open source software in education, bui
International researchers shed light on the third and most recent generation of XML research, in this collection on various challenges, open issues, and future visions in XML databases and application
Concerns over ethical issues in open/distance education systems have arisen due to increasing demand, challenges to traditional higher education power structures, global economic competition, quality
St. Amant and Still, both of Texas Tech University, compile the latest research from around the world on open source software (OSS) technologies and their educational, economic, organizational, and so
